Sapper Sean David Greenfield 25 years of age. Was killed today by the cowardly taliban and their volatile IED's. All our prayers and thoughts go out to this young Sapper and his family and loved ones.
He is the second Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan in 2009, bringing the Canadian military's death toll to 108 since the Afghan mission began seven years ago.
A bomb exploded under Greenfield's armoured vehicle in the Zhari district, about 40 kilometres west of Kandahar city.
None of the other soldiers in the vehicle was hurt, said Brig.-Gen. Denis Thompson, commander of coalition forces in Kandahar province.
Greenfield was part of a mission looking for Taliban supplies, and the soldiers did find weapons and bomb-making material, Thompson said.
CFB Petawawa is saddend again by one of their military family being repatriated to the lament of a piper.
Please show your support for our soldiers and their families members of Canada's Invisible army.
Nil Sine Labore
Robby
