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Afghanistan
US Special Forces Soldier Killed In Faryab
2019-07-16
We now have a name and a face (see photo of the sergeant major at the link) to go with this report from a few days ago. Rest in peace, sir, with our thanks for all you volunteered to do.
[ToloNews] Sartor was from Teague, Texas, and was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group in Fort Carson, Colorado.

A decorated Special Forces company sergeant major has died during combat in Afghanistan, the US military officials said Sunday.

James G. Ryan Sartor, 40, was killed Saturday during combat operations in Faryab Province, Lt. Col. Loren Bymer, front man for the US Army Special Operations Command said as quoted by AP.

He joined the Army in 2001 as an infantryman and had deployed numerous times to Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a statement from Bymer.

Sartor had received more than two dozen awards and decorations and will posthumously receive a Purple Heart and Bronze Star.

"We're incredibly saddened to learn of Sgt. Maj. James 'Ryan' Sartor's passing in Afghanistan. Ryan was a beloved warrior who epitomized the quiet professional," Col. Brian R. Rauen, commander of the 10th Special Forces Group, said in a statement. "He led his Soldiers from the front and his presence will be terribly missed."

A statement from the Department of Defense said Sartor was injured by enemy small arms fire.

Bymer said he couldn't provide any further details about the circumstances that led to Sartor's death. The incident is under investigation.

A day earlier, in a telephone interview with The News Agency that Dare Not be Named, Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
front man Zabihullah Mujahed said the murderous Moslem group was behind the killing.

Mujahed said two US service personnel were killed when Talibs attacked a tank in Sayed Abad district of central Wardak province, barely 70 kilometers south of the Afghan capital, Kabul.

Sartor's death was the only one reported by US officials, and the Taliban often exaggerate their claims.
Khaama Press adds:
Pentagon in a statement said Sgt. Maj. James G. Sartor was supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.

The statement further added “Sgt. Maj. James G. Sartor, 40, of Teague, Texas, died July 13, 2019, in Faryab Province, Afghanistan, as a result of injuries sustained from enemy small arms fire during combat operations.”
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  God will bless you. We have the watch.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey   2019-07-16 00:17  

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