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SPECIAL FORCES SOLDIERS DIE FROM NON-BATTLE INCIDENT
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US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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June 30, 2008
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The U.S. Army Special Operations Command issued the following news release:
Three Army Special Forces Soldiers died from a non-battle incident June 28 near Khosrow-E Sofla, in the Arghandab District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, while in support of combat operations.
The following Soldiers, all assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg, N.C., died from drowning after their vehicle, an RG-31 Mine Protected Vehicle, rolled into a river bed while conducting a patrol:
Master Sgt. Shawn E. Simmons, 39, of Ashland, Mass., was a Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha team sergeant.
Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey M. Rada Morales, 32, of Naranjito, ...
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