In Memoriam

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”

( Matthew 5: 4 )

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  • Operation Red Wings June 27, 2005

  • On 6 August 2011, a U.S. CH-47D Chinook military helicopter operating with the call sign Extortion 17 (pronounced "one-seven") was shot down while transporting a Quick Reaction Force attempting to reinforce a Joint Special Operations Command unit of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the Tangi Valley in Maidan Wardak province, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan

  • 21, of Acadia, LA, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, NC, died June 9 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, while conducting combat operations.

    Beloved son, brother, friend.

    www.cplmatthewrichard.org/