SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The family of a Utah National Guard soldier killed in eastern Afghanistan says he was a Green Beret who died after entering a booby-trapped building that exploded.

Father Randy Butler said in a statement Thursday that 27-year-old son Aaron Butler was killed and the other 11 members of his team were wounded in the battle with Islamic State militants.

Randy Butler says his son was a champion high school wrestler in the southern Utah town of Monticello who always dreamed of a military career.

His family says he served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ghana. He later graduated from the U.S. Army Special Forces qualification course with honors in 2016.