Stephan Mace told his father he knew the Taliban were near his base . `` They knew they were there and I was not going to let them get away with it. Staff Sgt . Vernon W. Martin , 25 , loved spending time with his kids at Chuck E. Cheese . Sgt . Mace , Martin among 8 Americans who died Saturday in attack in eastern Afghanistan .
Stephan Mace told his father he knew the Taliban were near his base . `` They knew they were there and I was not going to let them get away with it. Staff Sgt . Vernon W. Martin , 25 , loved spending time with his kids at Chuck E. Cheese . Mace , Martin among 8 Americans who died Saturday in attack in eastern Afghanistan .