David S. Connolly
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Age: 37
From: Boston
Assigned to the 1173rd Transportation Terminal Battalion, Army Reserve, Brockton, Mass.
Incident: Army Capt. David S. Connolly was killed April 6 when the CH-47 helicopter in which he was riding crashed in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Fifteen service members were
Died: April 06, 2005
Boston prosecutor killed in Afghanistan chopper crash
By Ken Maguire
Associated Press
BOSTON — A Suffolk County prosecutor and Army reservist whose death in Afghanistan was confirmed Tuesday was recalled as a leader who was committed to public service.
Capt. David S. Connolly, 37, was on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter that crashed in bad weather last Wednesday about 80 miles south of Kabul with 15 military personnel and three civilians aboard, the district attorney’s office said Tuesday.
“You only needed to spend a few minutes with David to realize that this soft-spoken, serious-minded young man is a leader,” District Attorney Daniel Conley said. “He inspired confidence in others.”
There were no survivors, but Connolly’s friends and colleagues had held out hope that he wasn’t on the helicopter.
The helicopter’s crew had been delivering mail, supplies and personnel and was returning to a U.S. base in...
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Missed by all, forgotten by none.
RIP buddy,
JK
A brave man never stands alone! God is always with him!