Benjamin J. Palmer, 43
Marines, Lieutenant Colonel
Based:
Cherry Point, N.C.
Supporting:
Operation Enduring Freedom
Died:
May 12, 2011
Helmand province,
Afghanistan
Palmer was shot and killed May 12 inside an Afghan civil order police compound in Lashkar Gah, the capital of southern Helmand province, on the Pakistani border.
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