![]() ![]() The Shreveport native was in charge of Saturday’s mission in Wardak province near Kabul. The following sailors assigned to an East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit were killed: The following list was provided by the Defense Department: NATO said it killed the militants responsible for the attack. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid rejected that, saying a NATO airstrike killed a separate group of insurgents. troops killed were three Air Force forward air controllers and five Army helicopter crew members. Navy personnel, the Pentagon said. Fifteen were SEALs belonging to the top-secret unit that conducted the raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at a compound in Pakistan. Two others were SEALs assigned to a regular naval special operations unit.įive were so-called conventional forces with particular specialties who regularly worked with the SEALs. Of the 30 Americans, 17 were Navy SEALs. Twenty-two of the dead were U.S. troops since the Afghan war began in late 2001. It was the single largest loss of life for U.S. Thirty-eight people were killed in that attack, eight of them Afghan military personnel. ![]() military personnel killed in Saturday's downing of a helicopter in Afghanistan. Defense Department released the names of U.S. You can also click here to learn more about each of those who died and what their family members had to say about them. You can also click on the names of those who died in the Chinook crash below to leave a message or memorial. Editor's note: For more details of those who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan please visit our Home & Away interactive feature. ![]()
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