SSG Shawn H. McNabb

26 October 2009, Afghanistan

160th SOAR

A native of Terrell, Texas, Staff Sergeant Shawn H. McNabb was killed on 26 October 2009 in Darreh-Ye Bum, Afghanistan, when his MH-47 Chinook crashed during a combat operation.

McNabb enlisted in the Army as a Health Care Specialist in July 2003. After training at Fort Benning, Georgia, and Fort Sam Houston, Texas, he was assigned to the 702nd Combat Support Medical Company, Camp Casey, Republic of Korea. In 2005 he completed Green Platoon and was assigned as an Emergency Care Sergeant to 3rd Battalion, the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia.

SSG McNabb was supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM at the time of his death.