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Sean K. Mitchell, 35
Army, Sergeant 1st Class
Based:
Stuttgart, Germany
Supporting:
Operation Enduring Freedom
Died:
July 7, 2007
Kidal,
Mali
Gender:
Male
Hometown:
Monterey
High School:
Monterey High (Monterey)
Burial:
Buried in Boeblingen, Germany
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He felt that joining was the right thing to do, to serve his country...He took pride in his whole job.
— Joan Mitchell, mother
Mitchell was killed when high winds from a sandstorm blew over an Army tent in the West African country of Mali, where he was involved in counter-terrorism efforts for Operation Enduring Freedom. His father was a Vietnam veteran.
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5 memories of Sean
I was saddened to hear about the loss of this great person. I met Sean a few years before he joined the Army. He was such a caring and warm person, and always had a smile on his face. I will miss him.
Everyone liked him because he really was a good person, good hearted, unpretentious. And he was also a strong guy, an outstanding soldier. I went to Patrol Medic school with him, and he was my team leader for one tour in Afghanistan. He knew his job well.
His passing was extremely hard to take, impossible to take. He was a person with many genuinely good qualities.
He and his beautiful wife and their child made the hardest and most bitter sacrifice. I had the honor to be one of his pall bearers. Recently I took something from our team and put it next to the wall at the Vietnam Memorial. Sean was an American hero before he passed away, and still is.
I was his team leader on a prior mission to Afghanistan. Afterwards he became the leader of his own team. We were close. We had been firends prior to ever going to Stuttgart. I and his fellow teammates, Carl and Colin will never forget him.
I met him over here in Germany in 2004/2005 and all i can say is that he was a great guy and good friend.
"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."
~ G. K. Chesterton 1874-1936
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