Iwakuni Marine killed in Afghanistan bombing

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Staff Sgt. Daniel Hansen trains for explosive ordnance disposal during an exercise in Australia in August. Hansen was killed on Feb. 14 while deployed to western Afghanistan.


Iwakuni Marine killed in Afghanistan bombing
By Travis J. Tritten, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Saturday, February 21, 2009

A Marine based in Iwakuni, Japan, was killed Feb. 14 while deployed in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced this week.

Staff Sgt. Daniel L. Hansen, 24, of Tracy, Calif., died while supporting combat operations in Farah province, according to the DOD. He was assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 with the III Marine Expeditionary Force, which is based at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in western Japan.

Hansen was part of an explosive ordnance disposal team. His family said the Marine was killed by a roadside bomb, according to his hometown newspaper.

The Marine Corps posthumously promoted Hansen to staff sergeant, base spokesman Maj. Guillermo Canedo said.

"He was always willing to learn, and I tried to teach him all I could," said Staff Sgt. Aron Cheatham, who is on the same EOD team with MWSS 171 at Iwakuni. "I never had a problem with giving him a task. … He was a good tech."


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uhc comment: To date six hundred fifty three American soldiers have been killed in the invasion and continued occupation of Afghanistan --> http://icasualties.org/oef/