Killed in Action at Samarrah, Iraq while conducting combat operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Carl's air medical helicopter crew was participating in the rescue of a wounded Iraqi child, when his UH-60 Black Hawk snagged a power wire across the Tigris River as it took off during the rescue, flipped over, and crashed into the water. Richard P. Carl was promoted posthumously from corporal to sergeant in a ceremony in Iraq.
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