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Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2011-08-06): NATO copter downed; Navy SEALs among the 30 U.S. dead [...] The Taliban asserted responsibility for the attack and the deaths of the 30 U.S. service members and eight Afghans on board. In addition to the 22 SEALs, there were eight U.S. troops from the Army and the Air Force. [...] KABUL — A NATO helicopter was shot down during an overnight operation against the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 U.S. service members, including about 20 SEALs from the elite SEAL Team 6 counterrorism unit that carried out the mission to kill Osama bin Laden, the coalition said.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2011-08-07): The U.S. Navy SEALs and other troops whose helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan had rushed to the mountainous area to help a U.S. Army Ranger unit that was under fire from insurgents, two U.S. officials said Sunday. [...] Thirty Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Osama bin Laden, were killed. U.S. officials said. It was the deadliest single loss for American forces in the decade-old war. [...] In that incident, 16 Navy SEALs and Army special operations troops were killed when their craft was shot down while on a mission to rescue four SEALs under attack by the Taliban. Three of the SEALs being rescued were also killed and the fourth wounded.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2011-08-06): A military helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan, killing 31 U.S. special operation troops, most of them from the elite Navy SEALs unit that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, along with seven Afghan commandos. It was the deadliest single incident for American forces in the decade-long war. [...] The death toll would surpass the worst single day loss of life for the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001 — the June 28, 2005 downing of a military helicopter in eastern Kunar province. In that incident, 16 Navy SEALs and Army special operations troops were killed when their craft was shot down while on a mission to rescue four SEALs under attack by the Taliban. Three of the SEALs being rescued were also killed and the fourth wounded. It was the highest one-day death toll for the Navy Special Warfare personnel since World War II. [...] Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in a statement that Taliban fighters downed the helicopter during a "heavy raid" in Sayd Abad. He said NATO attacked a house in Sayd Abad where insurgent fighters were gathering Friday night. During the battle, the fighters shot down the helicopter, killing 31 Americans and seven Afghans, he said, adding that eight insurgents were killed in the fight.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2017-09-25): In the latter part of 2017, a request for prayers for the families of 30 Navy SEALs who died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan was still commonly being circulated via social media: I ask everyone to say a prayer for the United States Navy Seal Team and their families. Their helicopter was shot down yesterday in Afghanistan and they lost 30 members of the team. It would be nice to see this on everyone's page ... even if it's only for an hour. You will have to copy and paste by holding your finger on the post till it turns grey, then touch the copy and then post on your page. Come on people — Show your support for our brave military! God bless them and their families. [...] In the deadliest day for American forces in the nearly decade-long war in Afghanistan, insurgents shot down a Chinook transport helicopter, killing 30 Americans, including some Navy Seal commandos from the unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as 8 Afghans, American and Afghan officials said.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2019-03-14): Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Louis J. Langlais dies at 44; SEAL was among 30 troops killed in downing of helicopter in Afghanistan [...] Over a 25-year career, Langlais rose to become a troop leader in the Navy SEALs’ elite Team Six, the secretive unit that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. And he was one of 30 Americans who lost their lives when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on Aug. 6 — the deadliest day for U.S. troops in the nearly decade-long war. [...] "Even though he was a bad ass in his job, he was tender and funny with the kids," said Anya Langlais, his wife of a dozen years. "He’s not what you’d imagine a Navy SEAL to be."
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2014-08-06): Aug. 6 marks the anniversary of what has become known as the deadliest day for special operations in U.S. military history. On this date in 2011, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed, call sign Extortion-17, killing 38 personnel on board. Among the casualties were 30 Americans, including 17 Navy SEALs. Bart, a military working dog, was also killed. [...] The final death toll included 15 members of SEAL Team 6; seven Afghan National Army Commandos; five U.S. Naval Special Warfare support personnel; three U.S. Army Reserve personnel from the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment; two U.S. Navy SEALs from a West Coast-based SEAL team, two U.S. Army personnel from the 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, part of the Colorado Army National Guard; two U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from the 24th Special Tactics Squadron; one U.S. Air Force combat controller from the 24th Special Tactics Squadron; one Afghan civilian interpreter; and one U.S. military working dog. [...] Others have suggested that the attack was a pre-planned retaliation against SEAL Team 6 for their part in the mission that had taken down Osama bin Laden a few months earlier. Charlie Strange, the father of Petty Officer Michael Strange, a Navy cryptologist who was among those who died in the crash, stated that he was convinced the attack was an "inside job."
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2020-03-18): A viral Facebook post shared more than 93,000 times claims 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11. There is no record of 30 SEALs dying in a single incident in Afghanistan on March 11. The claim likely stemmed from an August 2011 helicopter crash that killed 30 members of the U.S. military. [...] Multiple Facebook users have shared the claim, despite no Navy SEALs perishing in Afghanistan on March 11. An internet search turned up no credible reports of 30 SEALs dying in an alleged March 11 incident. Neither the DOD nor the Department of the Navy have issued press releases.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2011-08-06): KABUL, Afghanistan — A military helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 U.S. special operation troops — most of whom were Navy SEALs from "Team Six," the unit that carried out the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, officials said. Seven Afghan commandos were also killed. An American official said it was apparently shot down, in the deadliest single incident for American forces in the decade-long war. [...] The death toll would surpass the worst single day loss of life for the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001 — the June 28, 2005 downing of a military helicopter in eastern Kunar province. In that incident, 16 Navy SEALs and Army special operations troops were killed when their craft was shot down while on a mission to rescue four SEALs under attack by the Taliban. Three of the SEALs being rescued were also killed and the fourth wounded. It was the highest one-day death toll for the Navy Special Warfare personnel since World War II.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2011-08-07): Some two dozen members of SEAL Team 6, based outside Norfolk, Va., were among 30 American servicemen killed Saturday when their helicopter came under fire during an operation in eastern Afghanistan. [...] Other SEALs killed came from Coronado, Calif. Seven Afghan commandos were also among the dead. It was the highest American loss since June 2005, when another Chinook helicopter operating in eastern Afghanistan was brought down by Taliban fire. Sixteen service members were killed that day; most of them were also Navy SEALs.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2011-08-12): On the single deadliest day in the 10-year war in Afghanistan, 30 American servicemen lost their lives when their Chinook helicopter was shot down. Click the thumbnails to learn more about the fallen servicemen. Read more about those who lost their lives in the crash.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2011-08-06): 20+ Members Of SEAL Team Six Killed In Afghanistan Helicopter Crash KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A military helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan, killing 31 U.S. special operation troops, most of them from the elite Navy SEALs unit that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, along with seven Afghan commandos. [...] The death toll would surpass the worst single day loss of life for the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001 -- the June 28, 2005 downing of a military helicopter in eastern Kunar province. In that incident, 16 Navy SEALs and Army special operations troops were killed when their craft was shot down while on a mission to rescue four SEALs under attack by the Taliban. Three of the SEALs being rescued were also killed and the fourth wounded. It was the highest one-day death toll for the Navy Special Warfare personnel since World War II.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2023-08-23): Of the 30 Americans killed, 22 were Navy personnel, and 17 were SEALs. These included two bomb specialists and 15 operators in the Gold Squadron of DEVGRU, or Team Six, the highly classified unit that conducted the raid that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan the previous May. None of the operators killed in the Afghan helicopter crash had been involved in that mission, officials said. In addition to the SEALs, the others killed in the Chinook crash included five other Naval Special Warfare (NSW) personnel, three Air Force forward air controllers and five Army helicopter crewmembers. The attack on August 6 was the most devastating day in SEAL Team Six history, as well as the single largest loss of life for U.S. forces since the war in Afghanistan began in October 2001. More than twice as many NSW personnel died in the Wardak crash than were killed on June 28, 2005, during Operation Redwings. That day, eight SEALs and eight members of the Army’s 160th Special Forces Operations Regiment (SOAR) were killed when insurgents shot down their Chinook helicopter in Kunar province, near Asadabad. Three SEALs involved in a firefight on the ground were also killed, in what would stand as the deadliest day in NSW history since the Normandy landings on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2011-08-08): 30 Americans Killed Including 22 SEALs When Afghan Insurgents Shoot Down Helicopter [...] Aug. 6, 2011— -- A helicopter was shot down today by Afghan insurgents as it was rushing to aid troops in a firefight, killing 30 Americans, including 22 Navy SEALs, most of whom belonged to Team 6, the unit whose members were involved in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, U.S. officials said. [...] Although the Taliban have claimed to have shot the helicopter down, U.S. officials have only identified the attackers as insurgents.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2020-11-19): Navy Special Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Matthew D Mason, 37, of Kansas City MO (wife from Omaha NE) was assigned to an East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit. He was killed 8/6/2011 of wounds suffered when his CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed in Wardak province Afghanistan. [...] Navy Master at Arms Petty Officer 1st Class (Expeditionary Warfare Specialist) John Douangdara, 26, of S Sioux City NE was assigned to an East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit. He was killed 8/6/2011 of wounds suffered when his CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed in Wardak province Afghanistan. [...] Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL) Caleb A Nelson, 26, of Omaha NE was assigned to an East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit, Norfolk VA. He died 10/1/2011 after his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device while conducting a combat patrol in Zabul province Afghanistan.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2011-08-07): A U.S. military helicopter crashed early Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans in the deadliest incident for U.S. troops since the war began. Seven Afghan commandos were also killed. [...] The U.S.-led coalition said that 30 American service members, a civilian interpreter and seven Afghan commandos were killed when the CH-47 Chinook crashed in the early hours Saturday. A current U.S. official and a former U.S. official said the Americans included 22 SEALs, three Air Force air controllers, and a dog handler and his dog. The two spoke on condition of anonymity because military officials were still notifying the families of the dead. [...] In that incident, 16 Navy SEALs and Army special operations troops were killed when their craft was shot down while on a mission to rescue four SEALs under attack by the Taliban. Three of the SEALs being rescued were also killed and the fourth wounded.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2020-09-01): Two helicopters piloted by U.S. Army aviators transported 23 SEALs, an interpreter, and a combat dog to carry out the raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan. [...] Two helicopters piloted by Army aviators transported 23 SEALs, an interpreter, and a combat dog to carry out the raid. The mission was dubbed Operation Neptune Spear, a nod to the U.S. Navy SEAL insignia. [...] Arriving at the compound, one helicopter became unstable, forcing a hard landing inside the compound. The team of SEALs onboard was safe, and the mission continued.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2011-08-11): WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Thursday released the names of the 30 Americans who were killed when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan over the weekend. Those killed in the crash include 22 sailors — 17 of them Navy SEALs — assigned to East Coast and West Coat-based Naval Special Warfare units. Two soldiers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, three soldiers assigned to the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment and three airmen assigned to 24th Special Tactics Squadron of Pope Field, N.C., also died. The Americans’ CH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down in Wardak province in eastern Afghanistan, apparently by a Taliban-fired rocket-propelled grenade. The helicopter had been part of a mission targeting a Taliban leader.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2021-06-23): On 6 August 2011, a U.S. Boeing CH-47 Chinook military helicopter was shot down while transporting a quick reaction force attempting to reinforce an engaged unit of Army Rangers in Wardak province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan. The resulting crash killed all 38 people on board—25 American special operations personnel, five United States Army National Guard and Army Reserve crewmen, seven Afghan commandos, and one Afghan interpreter—as well as a U.S. military working dog. It is considered the worst loss of U.S. Military life in a single incident in the Afghanistan campaign. Of the Navy SEALs who were killed 15 were members of the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU), The other two Navy SEALs killed in the helicopter shootdown were from a West Coast-based SEAL unit. The five other Navy personnel were NSW support personnel. In addition to the NSW losses, three AFSOC operators died in the crash, one Combat Controller and two Pararescuemen, all members of the 24th Special Tactics Squadron. Their deaths are the greatest single loss of life ever suffered by the U.S. Special Operations community in the 24-year history of the U.S. Special Operations Command. A source from the Navy’s special operations community described the reaction as, "Shock and disbelief. There’s no precedent for this. It’s the worst day in our history by a mile."
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2002-03-11): At 0830, an MH-47 Chinook attempting to land a team on a hilltop near Marzak was hit by one or more rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and small arms fire. One grenade bounced off the helicopter and did not explode, but apparently the small arms fire damaged the helicopter’s hydraulic system.17 The Chinook managed to fly a short distance before making a forced landing. A head count showed that all but one of the team had managed to escape aboard the heavily damaged helicopter. The lone man not accounted for was U.S. Navy Petty Officer First Class Neil C. Roberts, a door gunner.18 According to Hagenbeck, a second Chinook, flying in tandem with the first and containing a quick reaction force of about 30 special operations troops, flew to the rescue of the downed aircraft.19 The rescuers, who landed under fire later on the night of the 3 March at the hilltop where Roberts was last seen, came under intense fire. A 21-man Special Forces team was dropped off. [...] - Pamela Hess, "U.S. chopper shot down in Afghan battle," United Press International (UPI), 4 March 2002.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2012-08-16): A NATO helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan on Thursday killing 11 people on board including seven US troops. The cause of the crash is still being investigated but Taliban insurgents later claimed to have shot the helicopter down. [...] "Nobody survived this," Ahmadi told The Associated Press by phone. The helicopter was shot down in Kandahar’s Shah Wali Kot district, which lies in the northern part of the province, said Ahmad Jawed Faisal, a spokesman for the provincial government said. He declined to give further details. [...] In August last year, insurgents shot down a Chinook helicopter, killing 30 American troops, mostly elite Navy SEALs, in Afghanistan’s central Wardak province.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2019-03-14): Three months after they killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in neighboring Pakistan and cemented their place in military legend, the SEALs suffered a devastating loss when nearly two dozen of the elite troops were among 30 Americans who died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan early Saturday. [...] The downing of the U.S. helicopter in mountainous Wardak province comes at a crucial juncture of the war, as the U.S. begins a drawdown in troops in a prelude to a full-fledged withdrawal. [...] But they have been deadly for U.S. troops. Before Saturday, the highest single-day loss for the U.S. military in Afghanistan came on June 28, 2005, when a Chinook carrying 16 Navy SEALs and Army special operations troops was shot down in Kunar province as it tried to rescue four SEALs in a firefight. All 16 were killed in the crash, and three SEALs died on the ground.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2011-08-11): The Pentagon on Thursday released the names of the 30 Americans who were killed last weekend when a rocket-propelled grenade fired by a Taliban insurgent downed their Chinook helicopter en route to a combat mission. According to officials, the team included 17 SEALs, five Navy special operations troops who support the SEALs, three Air Force airmen, a five-member Army air crew and a military dog, along with seven Afghan commandos and an Afghan interpreter. All perished. The crash of the Chinook CH-47, about 60 miles southwest of Kabul, was the deadliest single loss for U.S. forces in the nearly 10-year Afghan war.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2004-01-26): Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer Matthew Bourgeois killed by land mine during training exercise near Kandahar, Afghanistan. Another SEAL was injured. The mine had apparently been planted by Taliban or al-Qaida forces before they fled the area in December 2000. 28 March 2002. [...] Navy SEAL CDR Peter G. Oswald died during a fall from a US Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter while using a standard fast roping technique. 27 August 2002. [...] Four Marines: MAJ Jay Thomas Aubin, CAPT Ryan Anthony Beaupre, CPL Brian Matthew Kennedy, Staff SGT Kendall Damon Watersbey, and eight British commandos died when the CH-46E "Sea Knight" Helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 crashed south of Umm Qasr, near Highway 801 in Kuwait. 21 March 2003.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2024-07-29): August 6, 2024 marks 13 years since Extortion 17. On this day 13 years ago, 30 American military servicemen and a U.S. military dog were killed when a CH-47 Chinook helicopter–call sign Extortion 17–was shot down in Afghanistan. This remains the greatest single loss of life to Naval Special Warfare since the Afghan War started in 2001. The Museum Executive Team worked with these men. We continue our work at the Museum so that their service and sacrifice will never be forgotten. [...] Seven Afghan National Army commandos and one Afghan civilian interpreter were also killed in the crash.
Claim: 30 Navy SEALs died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on March 11 (Viral Post, 2020-03-12)
Evidence (2021-08-27): March 11, 2013: A helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan kills five American service members. Two US special operations forces were gunned down hours earlier in an insider attack by an Afghan policeman in eastern Afghanistan. August 6, 2011: A helicopter is shot down by an armed group with a rocket-propelled grenade, killing 30 American troops and eight Afghans. [...] September 21, 2010: A helicopter crashed in a rugged section of southern Afghanistan, killing nine. The Defense Department said three were Navy SEALs and one was assigned to the Naval Special Warfare unit. Five were soldiers from the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.