3 Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan
We get the sad news from CBC that three Canadian soldiers were killed and five others injured when their armored vehicle came under attack in Afghanistan. They were all members of 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry;
Cpl. Andrew Grenon, Cpl. Mike Seggie and Pte. Chad Horn were killed in the Zhari district of Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province.
Thompson said that when the insurgents attacked the soldiers at about 9:30 a.m., the Canadians returned fire. Even the wounded soldiers pulled themselves out of the armoured vehicle and started firing back.
The eight soldiers were rushed out of the area, and three were pronounced dead at the Kandahar Airfield. Thompson said one of the wounded is now in critical condition and another in serious but stable condition. Two are in good condition, and one has been treated and released from medical care.
Cpl. Andrew Grenon had been awarded the Canadian Expeditionary Forces Commander’s Commendation just a week ago for saving the lives of two soldiers and preventing a civil riot in March.
Category: We Remember
RIP Brave fellow canucks…. Could have been me a decade ago.
Damn! Good job fighting back. I am sad to see anyone so young not make it through. May the road rise to meet these three young men and the wind be always at their backs.
Prayers for their families. May God rest them in peace.
I just noticed that it’s from 2008 – damn Facebook and recycled “news”.
I remember the day with great sadness, those fine young men were in the way back into KAF to head home @ the end of their tour..
Doesn’t matter. It’s the thoughts from the rest of us that count.
Rest in peace fellow Soldiers.
I served with some Canadians back in the day.
Honorable men.
Seggie’s dad was a company Sargeant-Major in the same regiment.
Dudes that is from 2008
Godspeed, gents.
We gotta lotta allies up north- in the philosophical sense, ‘specially. Please realize that facebook is to be reserved for (young and naïve) teenage girls only.
We had the PPCLI (Princess Patricia’s Canadian Line Infantry) stay with us during 2 Jack Frost field problems back in 75 & 76. They stayed in the Mortar Platoon barracks.
Different kind of military bearing, but always did a great job at what they do.
It was an honor to be able to serve with men such as these.
RIP, although belatedly, Godspeed to them and blessings to their families.
I worked with the PPCLI twice. They are top notch Soldiers to a Man.
Until Vallhal, Brothers-in-Arms from the North.