Article: Beach-based SEAL slain in Iraq: Two of the specialized troops were injured by enemy fire Thursday.

Byline: John M.R. Bull

Apr. 10--A Virginia Beach-based Navy SEAL was killed and two others injured in Iraq last week, the Navy announced Monday. Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph C. Schwedler, 27, of Crystal Falls, Mich., was killed by enemy fire in Al Anbar province Thursday. Two other SEALs were wounded in the battle, the Navy reported. They were not identified.

"Petty Officer Schwedler lived by the SEAL code, and time and again his actions in training and on the battlefield embodied the physical agility and mental toughness that characterizes" the Sea-Air-Land teams, said Capt. Chaz Heron, of Naval Special Warfare Group Two at Naval Amphibious ...

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