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Middlesex Township near Carlisle in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

 

Sniper, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta

 

 

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Sergeant First Class Randall D. Shughart.

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Sniper, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta. Raised on a farm in Newville, Pennsylvania, Randall D. Shughart joined the Army after graduating from high school in 1976 and became a member of the elite Special Forces. During the Battle of Mogadishu, Somalia, SFC Shugart and his team leader Gary I. Gordon were providing sniper fire from the lead helicopter to support ground assault operations and covering two helicopter crash sites.

When it became apparent that ground forces were not able to secure the area, both Soldiers volunteered to be inserted in to the second crash site,