Pace, Scott Patrick
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Verified Captain Scott Patrick Pace, 33, of Brawley, California, was a U.S. Army officer serving with the 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment. He was killed in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, on June 6, 2012.
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Scott Patrick Pace was a 33-year-old captain from Brawley, California. He served with Troop F, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The squadron is an aerial reconnaissance unit operating OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopters.
On June 6, 2012, Captain Pace was killed in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. According to U.S. Department of Defense casualty reports, his death was the result of a hostile incident. He was one of two U.S. service members killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan that day.
Pace died during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. In 2012, the war was in its eleventh year, with U.S. and coalition forces engaged in counterinsurgency operations and training Afghan national security forces. Ghazni province, south of Kabul, was an area of significant insurgent activity.
Following his death, the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade issued a statement mourning the loss of Captain Pace and the other soldier killed that day. His body was returned to the United States. A memorial service was held at Fort Bragg.
Captain Pace was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart. He is memorialized on the Afghanistan War Memorial at Fort Bragg and is listed among the 2,356 American service members who died during Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Captain Pace was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.
