Kristoffer Domeij

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Kristoffer Bryan Domeij (October 5, 1982 - October 22, 2011^[1]) was an American soldier serving in the United States Army as a sergeant first class. He was one of three soldiers killed by a roadside bomb near Kandahar Province on October 22, 2011.

At 14 deployments he holds the record for the elite ranger with the deployments to be killed in action. The previous record was 12. Domeij was one of the soldiers who helped rescue Private First Class Jessica Lynch in Iraq in 2003. He was also one of the first ground soldiers qualified to coordinate Air Force and Navy air attacks as a Ranger Joint Terminal Attack Controller.^[2]

References

↑ "Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer Bryan Domeij Killed in action on Oct. 22, 2011 Operation Enduring Freedom". Retrieved 2013-12-31.
↑ "Death of an American hero: Decorated repeatedly, soldier who went to war for his country 14 times is killed by Taliban bomb". Retrieved 2013-12-31.

Persondata
Name	Domeij, Kristoffer B.
Alternative names
Short description	American soldier
Date of birth	October 5, 1982
Place of birth	Santa Ana, California
Date of death	October 22, 2011
Place of death	Kandahar Province, Afghanistan

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