Army Chief Warrant Officer Bruce E. Price, 37, of Maryland; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.; killed May 15 when his unit was ambushed with rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire in Kajaki, Afghanistan.
HE WAS A HIGHLY DECORATED GREEN BERET
A Green Beret from Fort Bragg, N.C., was killed when his unit was ambushed while on combat patrol in southern Afghanistan .... Chief Warrant Officer Bruce E. Price, 37, died Saturday ....
He died in Kajaki, Afghanistan, “when individuals using rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire ambushed his unit,” the Defense Department statement said. Afghan authorities have said they arrested two Taliban suspects in the attack.
He completed the Special Forces Qualification Course in 1992 as a Special Forces weapons sergeant and had been a warrant officer since 1998.
The Green Beret also was an Army jumpmaster and an Army Ranger. Price’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Joint Service Commendation Medal and the Army Commendation Medal, among others.
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