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Photo of Staff Sgt. Charles R. Sanders Jr.

Staff Sgt. Charles R. Sanders Jr.

Hometown: Charleston, Missouri, U.S.

Age: 29 years old

Died: April 6, 2005 in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Unit: Army, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, 12th Aviation Brigade, Giebelstadt, Germany

Incident: Killed when a CH-47 helicopter crashed in Ghazni, Afghanistan.


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