Chief Warrant Officer Michael . Slebodnik
Hometown: Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Age: 39 years old
Died: September 11, 2008 in Operation Enduring Freedom.
Unit: Army, 2nd Battalion, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.
Incident: Died at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered near Forward Operating Base Nagil, Afghanistan, when the aircraft he was piloting received enemy fire.
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