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Oregon soldier is shot, killed in Afghanistan
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 | No comments posted.
PORTLAND (AP) - Sgt. Long N. Nguyen, an Oregon National Guard soldier from Portland serving in Afghanistan, has died from a noncombat gunshot wound, the National Guard said Monday.
It said Nguyen, 27, died Feb. 10 in Mazar-e Sharif. He was assigned to the Tigard-based 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
The incident is under investigation. No further details were immediately available.
The unit arrived there last summer on a year-long mission to help train Afghanistan's army.
About 800 Oregon Army National Guard troops and about 80 airmen from the Oregon Air National Guard are in Afghanistan in the largest single deployment of Oregon troops since World War II.
According to a list kept by the Oregon governor's office, at least 80 troops from Oregon or with close Oregon ties have died in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Earlier this week in eastern Afghanistan, American forces in launched artillery rounds into Pakistan to strike Taliban fighters who attack remote U.S. outposts, the commander of U.S. forces in the region said Sunday.
The skirmishes are politically sensitive because Pakistan's government has denied that it allows U.S. forces to strike inside its territory.
It said Nguyen, 27, died Feb. 10 in Mazar-e Sharif. He was assigned to the Tigard-based 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
The incident is under investigation. No further details were immediately available.
The unit arrived there last summer on a year-long mission to help train Afghanistan's army.
About 800 Oregon Army National Guard troops and about 80 airmen from the Oregon Air National Guard are in Afghanistan in the largest single deployment of Oregon troops since World War II.
According to a list kept by the Oregon governor's office, at least 80 troops from Oregon or with close Oregon ties have died in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Earlier this week in eastern Afghanistan, American forces in launched artillery rounds into Pakistan to strike Taliban fighters who attack remote U.S. outposts, the commander of U.S. forces in the region said Sunday.
The skirmishes are politically sensitive because Pakistan's government has denied that it allows U.S. forces to strike inside its territory.
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