04-25-2011, 17:32
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: 18 yrs upstate NY, 30 yrs South Florida, 20 yrs Conch Republic, now chasing G-Kids in NOVA & UK
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MSG Benjamin Bitner, RIP
RIP MSG Bitner, Vaya con Dios..
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Special Forces Soldier dies in Afghanistan
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, April 25, 2011) – A U.S. Special Forces Soldier died April 23 while on patrol in the Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
Master Sgt. Benjamin Franklin Bitner, 37, died from wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device (IED). He was assigned to Company C, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), headquartered at Fort Bragg, N.C.
For further information, media should contact the U.S. Special Forces Command Public Affairs Office during duty hours at 910-432-6005, or after duty hours at 910-689-6187.
http://www.soc.mil/Memorial%20Wall/B...r_Benjamin.pdf
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The original post from SOC contained an error in MSG Bitner's rank.
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