SOCS US Navy
He was killed when the Chinook helicopter (CH-47D 89-00175) he was in crashed in Afghanistan. Among his military awards and decorations were four Bronze Stars with Valor and GS; and Purple Heart.
The call sign for the Chinook was "Extortion 17". The crash occurred in Tangi Joi Zareen, in the district of Sayd Abad in Wardak Province after it was struck by an RPG. A/C was on an IRF mission to assist members of the 75th Rangers engaged in a fierce firefight. The 38 lives lost in the crash included 30 US military. This included 15 Navy SEALs from SEAL Team Six, the unit responsible for the operation that killed Osama Bin Laden. This August 6th crash is considered the worst loss of US Military life in a single incident in the decade-long war in Afghanistan that began in 2001. There is a group burial for comingled remains of the crash at Arlington National Cemetery, Section 60 Site 9938.
Interment on August 26, 2011.
He was killed when the Chinook helicopter (CH-47D 89-00175) he was in crashed in Afghanistan. Among his military awards and decorations were four Bronze Stars with Valor and GS; and Purple Heart.
The call sign for the Chinook was "Extortion 17". The crash occurred in Tangi Joi Zareen, in the district of Sayd Abad in Wardak Province after it was struck by an RPG. A/C was on an IRF mission to assist members of the 75th Rangers engaged in a fierce firefight. The 38 lives lost in the crash included 30 US military. This included 15 Navy SEALs from SEAL Team Six, the unit responsible for the operation that killed Osama Bin Laden. This August 6th crash is considered the worst loss of US Military life in a single incident in the decade-long war in Afghanistan that began in 2001. There is a group burial for comingled remains of the crash at Arlington National Cemetery, Section 60 Site 9938.
Interment on August 26, 2011.
SOCS US Navy
He was killed when the Chinook helicopter (CH-47D 89-00175) he was in crashed in Afghanistan. Among his military awards and decorations were four Bronze Stars with Valor and GS; and Purple Heart.
The call sign for the Chinook was "Extortion 17". The crash occurred in Tangi Joi Zareen, in the district of Sayd Abad in Wardak Province after it was struck by an RPG. A/C was on an IRF mission to assist members of the 75th Rangers engaged in a fierce firefight. The 38 lives lost in the crash included 30 US military. This included 15 Navy SEALs from SEAL Team Six, the unit responsible for the operation that killed Osama Bin Laden. This August 6th crash is considered the worst loss of US Military life in a single incident in the decade-long war in Afghanistan that began in 2001. There is a group burial for comingled remains of the crash at Arlington National Cemetery, Section 60 Site 9938.
Interment on August 26, 2011.
He was killed when the Chinook helicopter (CH-47D 89-00175) he was in crashed in Afghanistan. Among his military awards and decorations were four Bronze Stars with Valor and GS; and Purple Heart.
The call sign for the Chinook was "Extortion 17". The crash occurred in Tangi Joi Zareen, in the district of Sayd Abad in Wardak Province after it was struck by an RPG. A/C was on an IRF mission to assist members of the 75th Rangers engaged in a fierce firefight. The 38 lives lost in the crash included 30 US military. This included 15 Navy SEALs from SEAL Team Six, the unit responsible for the operation that killed Osama Bin Laden. This August 6th crash is considered the worst loss of US Military life in a single incident in the decade-long war in Afghanistan that began in 2001. There is a group burial for comingled remains of the crash at Arlington National Cemetery, Section 60 Site 9938.
Interment on August 26, 2011.
