Pedro A. Munoz
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Age: 47
From: Aquada, Puerto Rico
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Sgt. 1st Class Pedro A. Munoz died Jan. 2 in Shindand, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained Jan. 1 when his patrol encountered enemy fire.
Died: January 02, 2005
N.C.-based Green Beret killed in Afghanistan
Associated Press
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — An Army Special Forces soldier based at Fort Bragg died in western Afghanistan on Sunday during combat against enemy forces, the Pentagon said Monday.
Sgt. 1st Class Pedro A. Munoz, 47, was fatally wounded late Saturday by small-arms fire while his unit was conducting an offensive operation in Shindand, Afghanistan. He died early Sunday during a medical evacuation from the scene, the Army Special Operations Command said in a separate statement Monday.
Munoz served as an operations and intelligence sergeant assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg, the Special Operations Command said.
A native of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, Munoz joined the Army in February 1986. He served in the Special Forces during operations in the first Gulf War.
In 1997 he was assigned to the Army’s exhibition parachute team, the...