Sgt. Patrick R. McCaffrey of Tracy, California joined the National Guard the day after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. He and 1st Lt. Andre D. Tyson were on a patrol joint patrol with Iraqi Security Forces officers when the two U.S. soldiers were killed, initially thought by the Iraqi insurgents in an ambush near Balad, Iraq. Witnesses at the scene reported that Iraqi Security Forces opened fire on Patrick R. McCaffrey Sr. and his unit. At the same time a third gunman simultaneously drove up to the American unit in a van, climbed onto the vehicle and fired at the U.S. Forces. On June 20, 2005, the United States Army Criminal Investigation Division concluded that the Iraqi Security Forces officers patrolling with them had killed him and Lt. Tyson. He was killed when enemy forces ambushed his ground patrol in Balad, Iraq at age 34.
Army
National Guard
579th Engineer Battalion
Petaluma, California
Army
National Guard
579th Engineer Battalion
Petaluma, California
Sgt. Patrick R. McCaffrey of Tracy, California joined the National Guard the day after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. He and 1st Lt. Andre D. Tyson were on a patrol joint patrol with Iraqi Security Forces officers when the two U.S. soldiers were killed, initially thought by the Iraqi insurgents in an ambush near Balad, Iraq. Witnesses at the scene reported that Iraqi Security Forces opened fire on Patrick R. McCaffrey Sr. and his unit. At the same time a third gunman simultaneously drove up to the American unit in a van, climbed onto the vehicle and fired at the U.S. Forces. On June 20, 2005, the United States Army Criminal Investigation Division concluded that the Iraqi Security Forces officers patrolling with them had killed him and Lt. Tyson. He was killed when enemy forces ambushed his ground patrol in Balad, Iraq at age 34.
Army
National Guard
579th Engineer Battalion
Petaluma, California
Army
National Guard
579th Engineer Battalion
Petaluma, California
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