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Sgt. La David T. Johnson, 25, of Miami Gardens, Fla., died in the Oct. 4 ambush, but his body was not recovered until Oct. 6.

After attending Carol City High and training as an auto mechanic at ATI Career Training School, Johnson enrolled in the Army as a lightwheeled vehicle mechanic in 2014. In addition to the Army Achievement Medal; the Army Good Conduct Medal; the Global War on Terrorism Medal; the Army Service Ribbon; the Army Parachutist Badge; the Army Air Assault Badge; the Driver and Mechanic Badge; and the Marksmanship Qualification Badge – Sharpshooter with Rifle, he received Canadian Parachutist Wings after participating in operations with the Canadian Armed Forces.

Sgt. Johnson was apparently a support soldier assigned to 3SFG, but not a Special Forces soldier himself. 

What is very unusual is that it took 2 days to recover his remains. Ordinarily, extraordinary efforts would have been made to recover him during the fight. But then, Special Forces training and advising in most of Africa have a very light footprint. They have to be fairly discrete. The last thing any legitimate African government wants is to let the opposition accuse it of allowing colonialism.