US Special Forces Take a Hit in Afghanistan
Jul 1 at 10:10pm by David Tate
Three American Green Berets patrolling near Khosrow-E, Arghandab district, Kandahar Province, are killed when their vehicle rolls into a riverbed.
Sgt. James Treber, MSgt. Shawn Simmons and SFC. Jefferey Radamorales died June 27th while on patrol in an area that saw heavy fighting in mid-June.
To the north and west, Green Beret SSgt. Travis Hunsberger was killed in Lamay, Oruzgan Province, when he stepped on a pressure plate IED while on a reconnaissance patrol June 29th.
All four soldiers were members of 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (SFG).
To the west, in Farah Province, SSgt. Edgar Heredia, from the 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, was killed in an ambush June 26th. Five other coalition members were wounded, as were two Afghan National Army soldiers.
One Response for "US Special Forces Take a Hit in Afghanistan"
David M
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:59 am
1The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 07/02/2008 News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.
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