{"id":15700,"date":"2017-08-18T03:04:47","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T03:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/11\/05\/pentagon-identifies-green-beret-killed-in-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T19:12:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:12:38","slug":"pentagon-identifies-green-beret-killed-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/2017\/08\/18\/pentagon-identifies-green-beret-killed-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon identifies Green Beret killed in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Department on Thursday night released the name of the soldier who was killed this week in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff Sgt. Aaron Butler, 27, died Wednesday in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, from wounds he suffered when an improvised explosive device exploded during combat operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident is under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Butler, of Monticello, Utah, was a Special Forces soldier assigned to the Utah National Guard\u2019s B Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Butler had been a member of the Utah Guard since 2008. He deployed to Afghanistan in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUltimately, what we do is very dangerous business,\u201d said Maj. Gen. Jeff Burton, Utah\u2019s adjutant general, in a statement. \u201cOur hearts are broken when we lose one of our own. We know these people personally, they are our friends, we respect them and it\u2019s very painful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Green Berets from 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group who are deployed to Afghanistan were on a mission alongside Afghan forces to reduce the presence of ISIS-Khorasan fighters in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISIS-Khorasan is an offshoot of the Islamic State terror group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, Butler was killed and 11 others were wounded while clearing a building. 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