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Portraits of afghanistan troops killed in helicopter crash. Ratzlaff completed basic underwater demolitionseal school in december 1998 at coronado, calif. Navy senior chief special warfare operator seal robert j. Todays names will go from august 6, 2011 to september 18, 2011. Special warfare operator senior chief sealsw thomas arthur ratzlaff 34, was killed when a coalition ch47 chinook helicopter crashed in afghanistan on. His decisive actions, under fire, resulted in the elimination of the targeted individual and many heavily armed foreign fighters. Sep 22, 2011 chief warrant officer sgt alexander j. The navy seals who died aboard a downed helicopter in.
Senior chief special warfare operator seal robert j. Ratzlaff, 4 explosive ordnance disposal technician senior chief petty officer expeditionarywarfare specialistfreefall parachutist kraig m. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading between two lines. Senior chief special warfare operator seal thomas a. Historical records and family trees related to virginia ratzlaff. Aug 12, 2011 service members kia from downed chinook. Navy special warfare operator senior chief petty officer seal thomas a. Senior chief ratzlaff, 34, was a native of green forest, arkansas.
Memorial tribute to 31 heroes of operation extortion 17 ch47 crash kia 06 august 2011 a heros tribute. Navy special warfare operator senior chief petty officer. Fallen seal was christian warrior, american warrior 10 august 2011 jd it is important to start by saying that 10yearold braydon nichols reminded the world a few days ago that more than just navy seals died in the chinook shootdown last week. Everyday for the month of may i will recite from memory the names of the fallen us military from the war in. On 4 april 2010, he was in charge of a sniper team during a nighttime raid. First images of mangled chinook crash revealed as pentagon. Senior chief thomas arthur ratzlaff was a naval special warfare operator assigned to an east coast based special warfare unit, when the coalition ch47 chinook helicopter he was flying in crashed.
He graduated from recruit training command, great lakes, illinois in august, 1995. It remains the largest loss of life in a single day for american. Jul 10, 20 navy special warfare operator senior chief petty officer seal thomas a. Langlais 44, santa barbara, cali as we say, senior chief thomas a.
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