Special Forces Soldiers die in Afghanistan

USASOC PAO

June 2, 2011

	Schultz

	Apolinar

	Blasjo

Three Green Berets died May 29, while on a mounted patrol when the vehicle they were traveling in struck an IED in the Wardak province, Afghanistan.

Capt. Joseph W. Schultz, 36, Staff Sgt. Martin Apolinar, 28, and Sgt. Aaron Blasjo, 25, died from wounds suffered in the explosion. Schultz and Apolinar were assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, while Blasjo is a part of the Group Support Battalion within 3rd Special Forces Group, which is headquartered at Fort Bragg.

The three Soldiers were deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and had previously deployed to Operation Iraq Freedom, in Iraq.

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