SEALS Wirtz, Scott Andrew

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Wirtz​

• FORENAME

Scott Andrew​

• UNIT

former Seal Team 5​

• RANK

Information Systems Technician Second Class​

• NUMBER

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• DATE OF DEATH

16th January 2019​

• AGE

42​

• GRAVESITE

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay, Missouri, USA​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 12.12.1976, St. Louis, Missouri, USA​

father David F. Wirtz​

mother Saundra K. (nee Smith) Wirtz​

wife Fran (nee Pecoraro) Wirtz​

attended All Souls & St. Richard's Catholic Schools​

graduated De Smet Jesuit High School​

24.04.1998 graduated BUDs class 216​

1998 - 2005 Seal Team 5, Coronado, California​

specialized as Sniper​

tours Iraq, Afghanistan​

also deployed Africa, Philippines, South Korea​

awarded Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal​

2017 joined Defence Intelligence Agency (Operations Support Specialist)​

3 Middle East deployments​

Killed Manbij, Syria due suicide bomb attack by ISIS​

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