CF Sgt. James Macneil KIA In Afghanistan, June 21 2010.

Canada's 148th fallen soldier, Sgt. James Macneil.
Photograph by: Handout, DND


Sgt. James Macneil of Glace Bay, N.S., was killed Monday morning while on a foot patrol in Nakhoney, about 20 kilometres
southwest of Kandahar. Macneil was a combat engineer with 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment of Canadian Forces Base Petawawa,
Ont. A 10-year army veteran, the 28-year-old Cape Bretoner was two months into his fourth tour in Afghanistan.


The sapper, who was known to his comrades and friends as "Jimmy," was patrolling with other members of the
Royal Canadian Regiment battle group in Panjwaii District, when he was killed by an improvised explosive device,
homemade landmine AKA IED.

He is the 148th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan since 2002.

Combat engineer Canada's 148th military fatality in Afghanistan

 

R.I.P.