Chris was serving with the Tactical Law Enforcement Team, South Detachment 403, aboard the patrol coastal USS Firebolt.
He was killed April 24, 2004, in a waterborne attack in the northern Persian Gulf while forward deployed to Manama, Bahrain, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Chris was one of three servicemen to die in the attack on April 24.
Also killed were Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Watts and Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal.
They were part of a seven-person boarding team from the USS Firebolt who were conducting maritime interception operations. A sailing vessel known as a dhow approached the Iraqi Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal and exploded as the men went to inspect it.
Chris joined the Navy in 1995 following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather
He was killed April 24, 2004, in a waterborne attack in the northern Persian Gulf while forward deployed to Manama, Bahrain, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Chris was one of three servicemen to die in the attack on April 24.
Also killed were Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Watts and Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal.
They were part of a seven-person boarding team from the USS Firebolt who were conducting maritime interception operations. A sailing vessel known as a dhow approached the Iraqi Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal and exploded as the men went to inspect it.
Chris joined the Navy in 1995 following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather
Chris was serving with the Tactical Law Enforcement Team, South Detachment 403, aboard the patrol coastal USS Firebolt.
He was killed April 24, 2004, in a waterborne attack in the northern Persian Gulf while forward deployed to Manama, Bahrain, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Chris was one of three servicemen to die in the attack on April 24.
Also killed were Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Watts and Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal.
They were part of a seven-person boarding team from the USS Firebolt who were conducting maritime interception operations. A sailing vessel known as a dhow approached the Iraqi Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal and exploded as the men went to inspect it.
Chris joined the Navy in 1995 following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather
He was killed April 24, 2004, in a waterborne attack in the northern Persian Gulf while forward deployed to Manama, Bahrain, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Chris was one of three servicemen to die in the attack on April 24.
Also killed were Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Watts and Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal.
They were part of a seven-person boarding team from the USS Firebolt who were conducting maritime interception operations. A sailing vessel known as a dhow approached the Iraqi Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal and exploded as the men went to inspect it.
Chris joined the Navy in 1995 following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather
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