On Memorial Day, pause to remember 3,000 coalition troops who died in the Afghan War effort

He was number 3,000.

A U.S. sailor. The three-thousandth coalition member to die as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

It happened last week. Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan J. Wilson, 26, of Shasta, California died in Bahrain in support of the war in Afghanistan.

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1 Comment for “On Memorial Day, pause to remember 3,000 coalition troops who died in the Afghan War effort”

  1. martin

    I WOULD HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT AFGHAN BUT ILL SAY THIS I WAS AT THE VA THE OTHER WEEK AND WAS TALKING TO A SOLDIER WHOS JUST GOT BACK AS WE WERE TALKING HIS PHONE RANG HIS WIFE CALL TO TELL HIM ABOUT HIS BEST FRIEND JUST GOT KILLED WE STARTED TO TALK HE WAS REALLY MAD AT OBAMA AND BUSH FOR RULES OF ENGAGEMENT PLACED ON TROOPS SO I SAY LEAVE AFGHAN NOW

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