Branch of Service: United States Navy
Date of Death: 6 August, 2011
Unit: East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit
Hometown: Angwin, Calif.
Special Warfare Operator Petty Officer 1st Class (SEAL) Darrik C. Benson, 28, of Angwin, Calif., died Aug. 6 in Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when a CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed. He was assigned to an East Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit.
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