« Money as a Folded Flag
Detailed Record
HERO PAYMENT TF1 PANTHER
Planned Start Month
Jan. 2012
Estimated Cost
$2,500
Status
Completed
Province
Balkh
Regional Command
RC-North
Project Description
No project description provided.
Project Goals
NAJI BULAH WAS CONDUCTING COMBAT OPERATIONS ALONGSIDE US SPECIAL OPERATION FORCES. DURING THE OPERATION WHICH TOOK PLACE 090615JAN12 THE JOINT PATROL CAME IN CONTACT WITH INSURGENT FORCES. NAJI BULAH FOUGHT VALIANTLY AND HIS BRAVERY HELPED PROTECT THE LIVES OF THE AMERICAN FORCES IN THE OPERATION. NAJI BULAH SUSTAINED GRIEVOUS WOUNDS DURING THE ENGAGEMENT AND DIED AFTER THE FIREFIGHT. AS A SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR HIS VALOROUS SACRIFICE THE ODA HAS REQUESTED TO PAY A HERO PAYMENT TO HIS NEXT OF KIN.
Results
payment issued to NOK. Pay Agent is ready to clear funds.
Updates
14JAN 2012: REQUESTING FUNDS.
SOURCES
Illustrations: Sarah Way for ProPublica. Data: Assembled from several different Department of Defense databases by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction and provided to ProPublica under a Freedom of Information Act Request.