John M. McHugh
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Age: 46
From: Newark, NJ
Assigned to the U.S. Army Battle Command Training Program, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Incident: Army Col. John M. McHugh died May 18 in Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered in a suicide car bombing. Also killed were Lt. Col. Paul R. Bartz, Lt. Col. Thomas P. Belkofer, Staff Sgt. Richard J. Tieman and Spc. Joshua A. Tomlinson
Died: May 18, 2010
Family says colonel killed in bombing
The Associated Press
WEST CALDWELL, N.J. — Relatives say a career Army officer from northern New Jersey has been killed in Afghanistan.
James McHugh of Caldwell told The Star-Ledger of Newark on May 19 that his son, Col. John McHugh, was among 18 people killed May 18 in a suicide car bomb attack on a military convoy in Kabul.
McHugh, a 46-year-old West Caldwell native, was a married father of five who had recently become a grandfather.
He graduated from James Caldwell High School in 1982 and went on to attend the U.S. Military Academy.
O-6, two O-5s among 5 killed in convoy blast
By David Larter
Staff writer
A suicide bomb attack in Kabul on May 18 killed five American soldiers, the highest number killed in a single attack in seven months.
A colonel and two lieutenant colonels were among those killed in the attack, marking the first time during the Afghanistan war that three officers...