An Army special operations soldier from Seattle was shot and killed during combat in Iraq, the Pentagon said Thursday.
Sgt. 1st Class Steven M. Langmack, 33, died Tuesday in the western Iraqi city of Qaim from injuries suffered from small-arms fire, the Defense Department said.
Langmack, who enlisted in the U.S. Army as an infantryman on Aug. 15, 1990, was assigned to the headquarters of the Army’s Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, N.C. He was a veteran of a number of conflicts, including the Persian Gulf War and operations in Haiti and Afghanistan, according to the Defense Department.
Qaim, which is near the Syrian border, was the scene in May of U.S. military operations aimed at rooting out insurgents allied to militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The military said 125 insurgents were killed in Qaim.
Langmack is survived by wife, Rachaelle; his two sons, Sam and Carson of Raeford, N.C.; and his parents, Louise and Paul Langmack of Seattle. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor Device, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal and the Purple Heart.
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