{"id":414,"date":"2016-05-18T18:53:58","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T00:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deamaltzchallenge.com\/?p=414"},"modified":"2017-01-12T19:14:51","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T02:14:51","slug":"army-staff-sgt-patrick-d-hamburger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/18\/army-staff-sgt-patrick-d-hamburger\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Staff Sgt. Patrick D. Hamburger"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Army Staff Sgt. Patrick D. Hamburger<\/h1>\n

Died August 6, 2011 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom<\/h2>\n
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30, of Lincoln, Neb.; assigned to 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), Nebraska National Guard, Grand Island, Neb.; died Aug. 6 at COP Sayed Abad,\u00a0Wardak province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when the CH-47 Chinook helicopter in which he was riding was shot down.<\/p>\n

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Guardsman wanted family to be at ease with his deployment<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Associated Press<\/em><\/p>\n

A fallen Nebraska National Guard member had only been in Afghanistan a week or so before being killed in a military helicopter crash, his brother said.<\/p>\n

Staff Sgt. Patrick Hamburger, 30, of Grand Island, Neb., one of 30 Americans killed in an Aug. 6 Chinook crash, had only been in the country for a short period of time, his brother said.<\/p>\n

Chris Hamburger said his brother landed in Afghanistan less than two weeks prior to the crash and arrived at Forward Operating Base Shank a few days before his death.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe didn\u2019t have to go and he wanted to go because his group was getting deployed. He wanted to be there for them \u2014 that\u2019s him for you,\u201d Hamburger said, adding that Patrick always looked out for his two younger brothers and friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t come as a total surprise that he was trying to help people and that\u2019s how it all ended up happening,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hamburger\u2019s family said he was a crew chief on his first deployment.<\/p>\n

Chris Hamburger last spoke to his brother July 26, when he arrived in Afghanistan. He said his brother was joking around and didn\u2019t talk about his mission.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe didn\u2019t want us to worry about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Patrick Hamburger planned to propose to his girlfriend when he got home, his brother said. The couple has a 2-year-old daughter, and his girlfriend has a 13-year-old who Patrick has helped to raise for the past several years.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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