Nathan Lloyd Smith

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Private Nathan Lloyd Smith (June 28, 1975-April 18, 2002) was one of four Canadian soldiers killed by US Forces during the Tarnak Farm friendly fire incident near Kandahar, Afghanistan.^[1]

Early life

He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1975. Nathan grew up in Ostrea Lake on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia. He attended Eastern Shore District High School in Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia. He graduated from the commercial diving course at Seneca College in Newmarket, Ontario in 1997.^[2]

Smith enlisted in the Canadian Forces on September 24, 1998.^[3]

He was killed with three others when an American laser-guided bomb was dropped on members of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry taking part in a live-fire training exercise. Their deaths were the first of Canada's war in Afghanistan, and the first in a combat zone since the Korean War.^[1]

Smith's mother, Charlotte Lynn Smith, was named the Silver Cross Mother in 2003 by the Royal Canadian Legion.^[4]

Camp Nathan Smith in Afghanistan was named after him.

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Fallen four remain in hearts and minds" By Angelique Rodrigues, Edmonton Sun. 16 April 2012
↑ CBC News (Dec. 14, 2006). Canada in Afghanistan: Portraits of Fallen Soldiers
↑ The Roll Call of Honour. Tribute to Pte Nathan Lloyd Smith
↑ The Mail Star (November 10, 2003). Silver Cross Mother Proud of Son Nathan's Accomplishments.

Persondata
Name	Smith, Nathan
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian soldier
Date of birth	1975
Place of birth	Nova Scotia, Canada
Date of death	2002
Place of death	Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan

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