Remembering Daniel R. Healy, Chief Petty Officer, Navy SEAL ~ NH Hero

Daniel Richard Healy, Senior Chief Petty Officer, Navy SEAL –

Dan was killed in Afghanistan on June 28, 2005 during Operation Redwings when his rescue helicopter was shot down. He died with several other SEALS and eight Army Nightstalkers in the air and three other SEALS on the ground. The account is told in the book LONE SURVIVOR by Marcus Luttrell.

This is something that his mother, Natalie shared with Sue a few years ago:
“Danny worked very hard to be deployed to the war zone. As a career SEAL he had spent the first three years of the war in Pearl Harbor. He was extremely frustrated at being out of the loop. Once he discovered that the Navy, due to manpower shortages, was taking men out of SDV’s he immediately applied and was in Afghanistan by March 2005. Three months later four men he’d sent out on a mission were in trouble and with no hesitation by anyone; the team went to save them. Nearing the landing zone their helicopter was shot down and this young man whose great joy was his four children, friends, and family died instantly. We miss his humor, kindness, generosity and love of life. I miss the long conversations we would have about politics, children, and history. His family and friends collectively mourn him while we recall ‘Danny’ stories that usually end in laughter. We are exceedingly proud that this man bravely risked his life for his fellow man and sadly accepted that his death was God’s Plan.”

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