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US Service Member Killed in Syria Identified as Virginia-Based Man
Source: ABC News
US Service Member Killed in Syria Identified as Virginia-Based Man
By PAUL BLAKE and LUIS MARTINEZ - Nov 25, 2016, 7:14 PM ET
The U.S. Navy has identified Senior Chief Petty Officer Scott Cooper Dayton as the U.S. service member who died yesterday in Syria after succumbing to wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device.
“We offer our deepest condolences and sympathies to the family and friends of Senior Chief Petty Officer Scott Dayton, who made the ultimate sacrifice on a day we set aside time to give thanks for our freedom and to recognize the men and women who defend that right,” Rear Adm. Brian Brakke, commander of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, said in a statement.
His death marks the first time a U.S. service member has been killed in Syria in the current conflict, a senior defense official confirmed to ABC News yesterday. He died near the city of Ayn Issa in northern Syria on Thanksgiving Day, according to U.S. Central Command.
The sailor was based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Two, the Navy said.
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By PAUL BLAKE and LUIS MARTINEZ - Nov 25, 2016, 7:14 PM ET
The U.S. Navy has identified Senior Chief Petty Officer Scott Cooper Dayton as the U.S. service member who died yesterday in Syria after succumbing to wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device.
“We offer our deepest condolences and sympathies to the family and friends of Senior Chief Petty Officer Scott Dayton, who made the ultimate sacrifice on a day we set aside time to give thanks for our freedom and to recognize the men and women who defend that right,” Rear Adm. Brian Brakke, commander of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, said in a statement.
His death marks the first time a U.S. service member has been killed in Syria in the current conflict, a senior defense official confirmed to ABC News yesterday. He died near the city of Ayn Issa in northern Syria on Thanksgiving Day, according to U.S. Central Command.
The sailor was based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Two, the Navy said.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/us-service-member-killed-syria-identified-virginia-based/story?id=43783370