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Name: Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class David J. Warsen
Age: 27
From: Kentwood, MI
Assigned to a West Coast-based naval special warfare unit
Incident: Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class David J. Warsen died Aug. 16 in a Black Hawk helicopter crash northeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Also killed were Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Suresh N. A. Krause, 29, of Cathedral City, Calif. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class Sean P. Carson, 32, of Des Moines, Wash. Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Patrick D. Feeks, 28, of Edgewater, Md. Army Sgt. Richard A. Essex, 23, of Kelseyville, Calif. Army Sgt. Luis A. Oliver Galbreath, 41, of San Juan, Puerto Rico and Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian D. Hornsby, 37, of Melbourne, Fla.
Died: August 16, 2012
Occupation
a West Coast-based naval special warfare unit;
Incident
Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class David J. Warsen died Aug. 16 in a Black Hawk helicopter crash northeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Also killed were Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Suresh N. A. Krause, 29, of Cathedral City, Calif.; Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class Sean P. Carson, 32, of Des Moines, Wash.; Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Patrick D. Feeks, 28, of Edgewater, Md.; Army Sgt. Richard A. Essex, 23, of Kelseyville, Calif.; Army Sgt. Luis A. Oliver Galbreath, 41, of San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian D. Hornsby, 37, of Melbourne, Fla.