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Death of an American hero: Decorated repeatedly, soldier who went to war for his country 14 times is killed by Taliban bomb

• Sergeant Kristoffer B. Domeij was a 10-year veteran and is set to receive posthumous Purple Heart
• He is now the Elite Ranger with most deployments to be killed in action - the previous record was 12
• He was one of the team that rescued Jessica Lynch from captors in Iraq in 2003
• One of three soldiers who died in an IED explosion near Kandahar province

Killed in action: Kristoffer Domeij died in Afghanistan on his 14th deployment with the Elite Army Rangers

The United States Army has lost one of its most courageous and decorated heroes.
Sergeant 1st Class Kristoffer B. Domeij was one of three soldiers killed by a roadside bomb last Saturday near Kandahar Province.
Amazingly, the elite ranger, who died when the team triggered an improvised device, was serving his 14th deployment at the time.
In a remarkable career, Sgt. Domeij was decorated a number of times - and topping the lot will be the Purple Heart that military chiefs have confirmed he will be awarded posthumously.
The husband and father-of-two from San Diego will go down in U.S. Army history as one of the team who rescued rescued Private Jessica Lynch from her Iraqi captors in 2003.
A 10-year veteran of the Army Rangers special operations team, Sgt. Domeij has the unwanted distinction of becoming the Ranger with the most deployments to date to be killed in action.
His death saw him supersede a marker laid down 13 months ago when fellow Ranger SFC Lance Vogeler was killed in Afghanistan during his 12th deployment. 
He was also one of the first ground soldiers qualified as a Ranger Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC), which meant he was able to coordinate Air Force and Navy air attacks from his ground position. The position is usually reserved Air Force personnel.
The 75th Ranger Regiment typically deploys on 105-day deployments, shorter than the average year-long Army or marine deployment, but they are acknowledged as unusually intense tours with one operation every single night.
Conventional troops may have completed four or five deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan but Special Operations troops such as Domeij are more likely to have have served 10-12. Even by those higher standards, his record of 14 tours was a rare feat.
Domeij had a combined total of 48 months deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan alone, Tracy Bailey, a spokesperson for the 75th Ranger Regiment.
All told, he likely spent close to four years serving in war zones.
He was lauded by said Colonel Mark W. Odom, commander of the 75th Ranger Regiment who said: 'Sgt. Domeij was the prototypical special operations NCO... veteran of a decade of deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan and hundreds of combat missions.
'His ability to employ fire support platforms made him a game changer on the battlefield — an operator who in real terms had the value of an entire strike force on the battlefield.'
He was also remembered by 75th Ranger Regiment's Lt. Col. David Hodne as 'one of those men who was known by all as much for his humour, enthusiasm, and loyal friendship, as he was for his unparallelled skill and bravery under fire,'   

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