Branch of Service: United States Army
Date of Death: 23 April, 2011
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group
Hometown: Greencastle, Pa.
Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin F. Bitner, 37, of Greencastle, Pa., died April 23 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
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