( CNN ) -- A second U.S. sailor who went missing in Afghanistan last week is dead , a Pentagon official said Thursday . Petty Officer 3rd Class Jarod Newlove , 25 , of Renton , Washington , was one of two sailors involved in a firefight on Friday in eastern Afghanistan . They were traveling in Logar province when they were attacked , the military said . Deen Mohammad Darwish , a Logar province official , said Newlove 's body was found in the Baraki Barak district of the province early on Wednesday . Newlove 's family was notified the same day , the Pentagon official said . The sailor died of wounds he sustained from the firefight when the two sailors were captured , Darwish said . Newlove had five gunshot wounds , including one to the head , Darwish said . The government asked the local elders of the province to form a committee and talk to the Taliban in order to retrieve the missing sailor . Because of the negotiations with the elders , the Taliban gave the body back without submitting any demands , Darwish said . Afghan and coalition forces first recovered the remains of Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin McNeley , 30 , of Wheatridge , Colorado , on Sunday . Petty had been listed as duty status whereabouts unknown . On Monday , Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said one American died in a firefight and the other was being held by the group . Mujahid said the two Americans were driving in a civilian vehicle in the village of Dasht , in Charkh district . The Taliban wanted to take both men alive , but the firefight broke out , killing one of the Americans , Mujahid said . The other was alive and being held in a safe location , he said at the time . Newlove 's family released a statement through the Navy asking that the media release no details of the incident or information about the family . Darwish said he learned from locals that McNeley was killed . He said the body was found in the Patanak Mountains of Charkh district . He also said the vehicle the men were driving was located Sunday . There had been no immediate demands by the Taliban for the return of the Americans because the group was still deliberating what its demands would be , Mujahid said . CNN 's Barbara Starr and Atia Abawi contributed to this report .
The body of Jarod Newlove has been found in Logar . The men went missing on Friday . The Taliban gave the body back without submitting demands .