BOEING CH-47D CHINOOK (REGISTRATION : 84-24175)
On 6 August 2011, a U.S. CH-47D Chinook military helicopter operating with the call sign Extortion 17 (pronounced "one-seven") was shot down while transporting an Immediate Reaction Force attempting to reinforce a Joint Special Operations Command unit of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the Tangi Valley in Maidan Wardak province, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. The resulting crash killed all 38 people on board – 23 US Navy SEALs, 2 United States Air Force Pararescue, 1 United States Air Force Combat Control Team member, one pilot and two crewmen of the United States Army Reserve, one pilot and one crewman of the United States Army National Guard, seven members of the Afghan National Security Forces, and one Afghan interpreter, as well as a U.S. military working dog. At 31 U.S. military personnel killed, the shoot down of Extortion 17 represents the greatest single-incident loss of U.S. lives in Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan, surpassing the sixteen lost in the downing of Turbine 33, a 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) MH-47, during Operation Red Wings on 28 June 2005.
SURNAME
Langlais
FORENAME
Louis J.
UNIT
U.S.N. Seal Team 6
RANK
Navy Special Warfare Operator Master Chief Petty Officer
NUMBER
DATE OF DEATH
6th August 2011
AGE
44
GRAVESITE
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA. Section 60, site 9936...
SURNAME
Kelsall
FORENAME
Jonas Benton
UNIT
U.S.N. Seal Team 6
RANK
Lieutenant Commander
NUMBER
DATE OF DEATH
6th August 2011
AGE
32
GRAVESITE
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA. Section 60, site 9937
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from...
SURNAME
Zerbe
FORENAME
Daniel Lee
UNIT
24 Special Tactics Squadron
RANK
Technical Sergeant
NUMBER
DATE OF DEATH
6th August 2011
AGE
28
GRAVESITE
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Section 60, Site 9940
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 27.06.1983...
SURNAME
Harvell
FORENAME
Andrew W.
UNIT
24 Special Tactics Squadron
RANK
Staff Sergeant
NUMBER
DATE OF DEATH
6th August 2011
AGE
26
GRAVESITE
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Long Beach,California
husband of Mrs Harvell,North Carolina (2 children)
brother of Sean...
SURNAME
Brown
FORENAME
John W.
UNIT
24 Special Tactics Squadron
RANK
Technical Sergeant
NUMBER
DATE OF DEATH
6th August 2011
AGE
33
GRAVESITE
Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Tallahassee,Florida
son of Elizabeth Newlun
grew up Siloam...
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