Army Ranger Killed During 7th Tour of Duty

They're all sad. And they're all too frequent. But to have survived six tours of duty, and to even have to go again. . . Ugh. This just sucks.

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Army Ranger Killed in Afghanistan -- On 7th Tour in War Zone

An Army Ranger from Ramona, Ca., was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday—on his seventh tour of duty in that country or in Iraq. Sgt. 1st Class David L. McDowell, 30, died Tuesday in Bastion, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered in a firefight when enemy forces attacked using small arms fires, according to the Pentagon. . .

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