Name:
Army Lt. Col. Michael J. McMahon
Age:
41
From:
West Hartfored, Conn.
Assigned to
the 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Incident:
Army Lt. Col. Michael J. McMahon was killed Nov. 27 when the contract aircraft in which he was riding crashed in Bamian, Afghanistan. Two other soldiers also died in the crash: Chief Warrant Officer Travis W. Grogan and Spc. Harley D.R. Miller.
Died:
November
27, 2004
Former Connecticut resident killed in Afghanistan
Associated Press
HONOLULU — The Pentagon on Wednesday confirmed that three soldiers killed in a plane crash high in Afghanistan’s snow-covered mountains last weekend were from Schofield Barracks.
The remains of Lt. Col. Michael J. McMahon, 41, formerly of West Hartford, Conn.; Chief Warrant Officer Travis W. Grogan, 31, of Moore, Okla.; and Spc. Harley D. Miller, 21, of Spokane, Wash., were recovered, along with three civilian crew members, aboard the plane. Their bodies were being flown back to the United States.
McMahon was the 20th person with Connecticut ties to be killed in Iraq or Afghanistan since March 2002. A family member told The Hartford Courant that he is to be...
Occupation
the 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii killed Nov. 27 when the contract aircraft in which he was riding crashed in Bamian, Afghanistan. Two other soldiers also