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- The Battle of Ganjgal was a battle in the War in Afghanistan fought between American and Afghan forces and the Taliban in Kunar Province, Afghanistan on September 8, 2009. Complaints that the coalition casualties were avoidable and caused by a failure of the chain of command to provide fire support for the team triggered an official investigation and a series of reprimands to several US military officers. Army Captain William D. Swenson and Marine Corporal Dakota Meyer received the Medal of Honor for their actions during the battle. Meyer is the first living Marine to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War, and Swenson is the fifth living soldier and second officer to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. Two other Marines at the battle, Staff Sgt. Juan Rodriguez-Chavez and Capt. Ademola Fabayo, received the Navy Cross. (en)
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- * Taliban cleared out of village(?)
- U.S./Afghan victory
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- 16 Embedded Forces
- 30border policemen
- 60soldiers
- Approx. 150insurgents
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- U.S. Army's "Battlescape" diagram (en)
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- 5 (xsd:integer)
- 8 (xsd:integer)
- estimated 16 killed (en)
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- 1 (xsd:integer)
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- Unknown (en)
- Capt Ademola D. Fabayo (en)
- Cpt William D. Swenson (en)
- Maj Kevin Williams (en)
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- the War in Afghanistan (en)
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- Ganjgal village, Kunar Province, Afghanistan (en)
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- U.S./Afghan victory
* Taliban cleared out of village (en)
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- 16 (xsd:integer)
- 30 (xsd:integer)
- 60 (xsd:integer)
- Approx. 150 insurgents (en)
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- No specific units (en)
- Joint /
* U.S. Marine Corps/U.S. Army Embedded Training Team 2-8
* 1st Kandak, 2nd BDE, 201st Corps)
* Afghan Border Police (en)
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- The Battle of Ganjgal was a battle in the War in Afghanistan fought between American and Afghan forces and the Taliban in Kunar Province, Afghanistan on September 8, 2009. Complaints that the coalition casualties were avoidable and caused by a failure of the chain of command to provide fire support for the team triggered an official investigation and a series of reprimands to several US military officers. Army Captain William D. Swenson and Marine Corporal Dakota Meyer received the Medal of Honor for their actions during the battle. Meyer is the first living Marine to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War, and Swenson is the fifth living soldier and second officer to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. Two other Marines at the battle, Staff Sgt. Juan Rodriguez-Chav (en)
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