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8/9/2011 A U.S. Navy SEAL from South Sioux City was among the 30 American troops killed when a military helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan, family members said. Sengchanh Douangdara told the Sioux City Journal that military officials notified her of her son’s death on Saturday. The newspaper said Monday that Master at Arms, Class [...]

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August 9, 2011 Although the Pentagon still has not disclosed the names of those killed in the downing of a Chinook helicopter Saturday, their identities slowly are becoming known. The following five men were all Navy SEALs, all based in Virginia Beach. LOU LANGLAIS Those who attended church with Lou Langlais said the husband and [...]

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August 09, 2011, 07:57 AM The U.S. military is investigating the cause of Saturday’s helicopter crash in Afghanistan which reportedly killed an eastern Minnesota man. According to reports, family members say 24-year old Nick Spehar of Chisago City was killed when the Chinook helicopter went down. In all, 30 troops died in the deadliest incident [...]

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Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011 8:07 p.m. MDT Jason Workman knew since he was a young boy that he wanted to be a Navy SEAL. He knew the odds of making the elite fighting force were slim. Workman not only accomplished his goal, but he also became a member of the elite Navy SEAL Team 6. [...]

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04:32 p.m., Monday, August 8, 2011 Brian Bill, a Stamford native who played hockey and soccer at Trinity Catholic in the late 1990s, was killed this weekend when the U.S. helicopter he was traveling in was shot down near Kabul, Afghanistan. Bill, 31, a Navy SEAL, graduated from Trinity in 1997 and was an athlete [...]

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Sunday, 07 Aug 2011, 7:12 PM CDT Family and friends of Chief Petty Officer Matt Mills, 36, are mourning his death in Bastrop. Mills was killed when insurgents shot a rocket at a helicopter he and 30 other U.S. troops were being transported in Friday in Afghanistan. Twenty-two of the troops on board were Navy [...]

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August 08, 2011 12:32 PM Community members said Sunday they are grieving over word that a Jacksonville native was among those killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Navy SEAL Chris Campbell, 36, perished Saturday when a helicopter was shot down over eastern Afghanistan. Campbell’s death was confirmed Sunday by his parents Larry and Diane [...]

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August 8, 2011 Two Missouri servicemen have been confirmed as being among the 30 U.S. soldiers killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. They are 31 year-old Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bryan Nichols of Kansas City and Matt Mason of Kearney, a member of the Navy’s Seal Team Six. They were killed when their Chinook [...]

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Aug 07, 2011 3:40 AM CDT A Maui man was one of the 30 Americans killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. According to friends, Kraig Vickers of Haiku died when insurgents shot down the military chopper. Vickers was a 1992 graduate of Maui High School. Friends remembered Vickers as a big man with a [...]

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9:52 p.m. EDT, August 7, 2011 On the phone from Massachusetts, Joe Kennedy tried to describe what Hampton Roads should know about his lifelong friend, Navy SEAL Kevin Houston. “I just want you to tell everybody down there,” he said, “that his goal was to make everyone around him comfortable — and safe.” As Kennedy [...]

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Sunday Aug 7, 2011 16:42:11 EDT Reports identifying some of the U.S. troops killed when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan began circulating Sunday. Thirty Americans and eight Afghans were killed in the crash, making it the deadliest single loss for U.S. forces in the decade-long war in Afghanistan. The following is a collection [...]

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9:55 p.m. CDT, August 7, 2011 Family members say U.S. NavySEAL Tommy Ratzlaff of Green Forest was killed in action in the helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Saturday. That crash killed 38 people, 30 of whom were Americans and22of whom were Navy SEALs. Relatives say it was Ratzlaff’s childhood dream to serve his country. Ratzlaff [...]

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Sun, Aug. 7, 2011 Relatives of one of the Navy SEALS killed in the crash of a helicopter in eastern Afghanistan are remembering him as a friendly person with a sense of humor who was close to his family and always told them not to worry about him. Military officials came to the family home [...]

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August 7, 2011    0452 GMT   Navy SEAL Aaron Carson Vaughn, one of 30 U.S. special operations troops killed in a helicopter crash Saturday in Afghanistan, was a “great American,” his grandmother said.”As a brave warrior, Aaron was brave. But yet, he was a gentle man,” Geneva Carson Vaughn told CNN.”He loved his family. He [...]

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8:19 PM, Aug. 6, 2011 A U.S. Navy SEAL from Rockford in northern Iowa was among 30 Americans who died Saturday after helicopter they were aboard was shot down in Afghanistan. The death of Jon Tumilson was confirmed Saturday night to the Des Moines Register by his father, George Tumilson.He and other family members declined [...]

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Aug 06, 2011 10:55 PM CDT It’s being reported that Saturday, August 6 has become the deadliest single loss for American forces since the war started a decade ago. Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter in Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans. Many of the casualties in the early morning crash were members of the elite [...]

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