The family of U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, spent Thanksgiving at her bedside, saying goodbye after the West Virginia National Guard soldier suffered a fatal wound on duty in Washington, D.C.

"I'm holding her hand right now," her father, Gary Beckstrom, said when reached by phone earlier Thursday. "She has a mortal wound. It's not going to be a recovery." He declined to speak further.

The other member of the Guard shot in the ambush attack, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, remained in critical condition in a hospital Thursday, officials said.

"All we need right now are prayers for my son," a man at Wolfe's family home told a reporter. He declined to say more.

Two years ago, Sarah Beckstrom's life was just getting started. She was selling discount tickets to her senior

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