An honor guard from the 1st Special Forces Group transports the flag-draped coffin of Sgt. 1st Class Nathan R. Chapman just before midnight Jan. 8 at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. More than 60 Green Berets joined the Chapman family at the airport to pay their respects to the first U.S. soldier killed by hostile fire in Afghanistan. (Wikimedia)
First American To Die In Afghanistan, Nathan Chapman, Remembered Eight Years Later -- New York Daily News
The bad guys seem only stronger than ever, no doubt ready to plan around any new counterterrorism measures, surely with New York still the bull's-eye.
Monday was the eighth anniversary of the first American combat death in Afghanistan - and there's no end in sight.
Eight long years since Army Special Forces Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Chapman became the first solider to die going after those responsible for 9/11.
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My Comment: Our prayers are with the family.