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Memorial for AFSOC Airman to be held Tuesday

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  • By Air Force Special Operations Command Public Affairs
A memorial service for Senior Airman Daniel Sanchez will be held Tuesday at 9 a.m. in the Freedom Hangar on Hurlburt Field.

Airman Sanchez, 23, of El Paso, Texas, was wounded by enemy fire in Uruzgan Province, and subsequently died of a gunshot wound at a medical facility in Tarin Kwot, Afghanistan. Airman Sanchez, an Air Force Special Operations Command combat controller, was assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron here.

The service is open to Department of Defense idenitifcation card holders only.