Branch of Service: United States Navy
Date of Death: 6 April, 2011
Unit: 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment
Hometown: Niles, Mich.
Seaman Benjamin D. Rast, 23, of Niles, Mich., died April 6 while conducting a dismounted patrol northeast of Patrol Base Alcatraz, Helmand province, Afghanistan. Rast was assigned as a hospitalman to the 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. Rast was stationed at Naval Medical Center, Expeditionary Medical Force Detachment, San Diego, Calif.
The incident is under investigation.
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