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Erik Samsel Kristensen (March 15, 1972 – June 28, 2005) was a lieutenant commander of the United States Navy SEALs who was killed in action during Operation Red Wings. He and several other SEALs set off as part of a search and rescue mission, hoping to assist a four-man SEAL team that was engaged in a firefight with Taliban fighters.
On that tragic day, on June 25, 2005, Lt. Commander Erik S. Kristensen rushed with his fellow Navy SEALs to help other Navy SEAL heavy outnumbered in Afghanistan mountains and pinned down by concentrated enemy small-arms fire. His courage and the courage of his fellow SEALs will never be forgotten.
28 juin 2005 · Erik S. Kristensen was a lieutenant commander and a SEAL Team TEN officer who died in a helicopter crash in 2005 while trying to rescue a recon squad. He received the Bronze Star with Valor and the Purple Heart posthumously for his service and sacrifice in the Global War on Terror.
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1 juil. 2015 · Commander Erik Kristensen was a senior commander in SEAL Team 10 in Afghanistan and didn’t go on as many ground combat operations as those in the platoons under him.
LCDR Kristensen was a SEAL who died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan in 2005. He received the Bronze Star with ‘V’ device for valor and the Purple Heart among other medals and commendations.
28 juin 2005 · A Navy SEAL from San Diego who was killed in Afghanistan in 2005. He was a gifted writer, a scholar and a lover of poetry and the ocean.
3 févr. 2019 · Erik Kristensen was a Navy SEAL commander who was killed in action (KIA) in the Extortion 17 incident. He fought and died in Operation Red Wings. Many stories were told and the movies were filmed about Operation Red Wings, but the heroism shown by U.S. Navy SEALs is still shining like it was yesterday. Contents hide. 1 Operation Red Wings.
