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DOD Identifies Thirty Service Members Killed In CH-47 Crash, August 11, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2011.  The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of 30 servicemembers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.  They died Aug. 6 in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when their CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed.

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The following sailors assigned to an East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit were killed: 

Lt. Cmdr. (SEAL) Jonas B. Kelsall, 32, of Shreveport, La., 

Special Warfare Operator Master Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Louis J. Langlais, 44, of…

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