The transfer case containing the body of US Navy Seal CHIEF Hospital Corpsman (HMC) Matthew J. Bourgeois is carried by a joint service honor guard to a hearse during his Fallen Soldier Ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. HMC Bourgeois was killed at a remote location near Kandahar, Afghanistan, when he stepped on an enemy land mine during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The honors were rendered by US Army Europe (USAREUR), 37th Transportation Command (TRANSCOM), 21st Theater Support Command (TSC), Kaiserslautern and US Navy Europe (NAVEUR) Naval Special Warfare Unit 2 (NSWU2), Stuttgart, Germany
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Ramstein Air Base
State: Rheinland-Pfalz
Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jocelyn M. Broussard, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
29/03/2002
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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