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Erik Samsel Kristensen (March 15, 1972 – June 28, 2005) was a lieutenant commander of the United States Navy SEALs who was killed in action during Operation Red Wings. He and several other SEALs set off as part of a search and rescue mission, hoping to assist a four-man SEAL team that was engaged in a firefight with Taliban fighters.
28 de jun. de 2005 · Erik S. Kristensen was a lieutenant commander and a SEAL Team TEN officer who died in a helicopter crash in 2005 while trying to rescue a recon squad. He received the Bronze Star with Valor and the Purple Heart posthumously for his service and sacrifice in the Global War on Terror.
24 de oct. de 2017 · A SEAL in Birkenstocks teams4taps and CBS Sports paid tribute to United States Naval Academy graduate and fallen U.S. Navy SEAL, LCDR Erik S. Kristensen (Class of '96), and honored his...
On that tragic day, on June 25, 2005, Lt. Commander Erik S. Kristensen rushed with his fellow Navy SEALs to help other Navy SEAL heavy outnumbered in Afghanistan mountains and pinned down by concentrated enemy small-arms fire.
3 de feb. de 2019 · Erik Kristensen led his SEALs on a rescue mission in Afghanistan in 2005, but their helicopter was shot down by an RPG. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star with V device and the Purple Heart for his bravery and service.
1 de jul. de 2015 · Commander Erik Kristensen was a senior commander in SEAL Team 10 in Afghanistan and didn’t go on as many ground combat operations as those in the platoons under him.
28 de jun. de 2005 · A Navy SEAL from San Diego who was killed in Afghanistan in 2005. He was a gifted writer, a scholar and a lover of poetry and the ocean.
