SSG Paul A. Sweeney

30 October 2003, Afghanistan

Special Forces

Staff Sergeant Paul A. Sweeney of Lakeland, Pennsylvania, died 30 October 2003 of wounds sustained during an ambush near Musa Qalax, Afghanistan.

Sweeney enlisted in the Army in 1987 as a Bradley Fighting Vehicle Crewman. In 2000 he volunteered for Special Forces and graduated from the Special Forces Qualification Course in 2001. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

SSG Sweeney was serving as a Communications Sergeant in 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM at the time of his death.