After nearly 30 years, I still vividly remember….

October 3rd is the anniversary of the Mogadishu, Somalia raid. The 18 Americans killed were:

• MSG Gary Gordon, 1st SFOD-D
• SFC Randy Shughart, 1st SFOD-D
• SSG Daniel Busch, 1st SFOD-D
• SFC Earl Fillmore, 1st SFOD-D
• MSG Timothy Martin, 1st SFOD-D
• CPL Jamie Smith, 3/75 Ranger
• SPC James Cavaco, 3/75 Ranger
• SGT Casey Joyce, 3/75 Ranger
• PFC Richard Kowaleski, 3/75 Ranger
• SGT Dominic Pilla, 3/75 Ranger
• SGT Lorenzo Ruis, 3/75 Ranger
• SSG William Cleveland, Jr. 160th SOAR
• SSG Thomas Field, 160th SOAR
• CW4 Raymond Frank, 160th SOAR
• CW3 Clifton Wolcott, 160th SOAR
• CW2 Donovan Briley, 160th SOAR
• SGT Cornell Houston, 10th MTN DIV
• PFC James Martin, 10th MTN DIV

The Somalis killed were unnamed and un-numbered, but estimates range from 315 to 2,000 KIAs.

The events of October 3, 1993 were memorialized in the movie Black Hawk Down.