GREEN BERETS Colgan, Benjamin Joseph (Ben)

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Colgan
  • FORENAME
Benjamin Joseph (Ben)
  • UNIT
former 1 SF Group and 1 SFOD-Delta
  • RANK
Second Lieutenant
  • NUMBER
  • DATE OF DEATH
1st November 2003
  • AGE
30
  • GRAVESITE
Maple Park Cemetery,Aurora,Lawrence County,Missouri
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Kent,Washington
born 7.2.1973 Seattle,Washington
son of Joseph and Patricia Colgan,Kent,Washington
husband of Jill Kathleen (nee Asay) Colgan,Aurora,Missouri (married 27.11.1996) (2 daughters Grace and Paige,son Jacob Asay died at birth 2000) (expecting 4th child)
graduated Mount Rainier High School,Des Moines 1991
entered service 1991
1 SF Group
1 SFOD-Delta
graduated OCS March 2002 (Chemical Corps)
graduated Chemical Officer Course November 2002
3 Field Artillery Regiment (2 Bn),1 Armored Division January 2003
award Bronze Star (posthumous)
hoped to return to Delta Force
promoted 1st Lieutenant posthumously
KIA Baghdad,Iraq
 

DATE OF DEATH:

01-Nov-2003
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