I copied all of the relevant information from a piece at CNN, the rest is non-relevant.
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[url]http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/01/04/gen.war.against.terror/index.html[/url]
First U.S. military member killed by hostile fire
January 4, 2002 Posted: 2:00 p.m. EST (1900 GMT)
Gen. Tommy Franks
(CNN) -- A member of the U.S. Special Forces was killed Friday by small arms fire in eastern Afghanistan, Gen. Tommy Franks, the head of U.S. Central Command, said Friday.
At a Central Command briefing in Tampa, Florida, Franks said the member was on a mission "to coordinate with local tribal elements in the vicinity of Gardez Khost." The victim's name was not released, pending notification of his family.
Franks said the specifics of the incident were not known yet. He said the dead soldier was a member of an Army Special Forces unit and that no other members of the unit were harmed.
"We had a Special Forces member killed earlier today, by small arms fire," Franks said. "I am mindful of the cost that these young people pay in order to support this very, very important campaign."