Christopher Speer | |
|---|---|
 Speer as a staff sergeant | |
| Born | September 9, 1973 Denver, Colorado, United States |
| Died | August 6, 2002 (aged 28) Ramstein Air Base, Germany[1] |
| Buried | Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1992–2002 |
| Rank | Sergeant First Class |
| Unit | 3rd Special Forces Group 1st SFOD-D (Delta Force) |
| Battles / wars | War in Afghanistan |
| Awards | Soldier's Medal Bronze Star Medal Purple Heart |
| Relations | Todd Speer (brother) Tabitha Speer (widow) Taryn and Tanner Speer (children)[2] |
Christopher James Speer (September 9, 1973 – August 6, 2002)[3] was a United States Army combat medic and an armed member of a special operations team who was killed during a skirmish in Afghanistan on July 27, 2002.[4] Speer, who was not wearing a helmet at the time because the mission called for indigenous clothing, suffered a head wound from a grenade and succumbed to his injuries approximately two weeks later. Omar Khadr was charged and convicted of throwing the grenade that killed Speer.[5][6]
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Six days before he received the wound that killed him, Sgt. 1st Class Christopher J. Speer walked into a minefield to rescue two wounded Afghan children, according to fellow soldiers. He applied a tourniquet to one child and bandaged the other, they said. Then he stopped a passing military truck to take the wounded children to a U.S. Army field hospital. Speer saved those children, his colleagues said.