Little Chute soldier killed in Afghanistan
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin Army sergeant was aboard a helicopter that crashed in Afghanistan this week, killing him and nine other Americans, his parents said Tuesday.
Sgt. Nickolas A. Mueller, 26, of Little Chute was a member of the U.S. Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment and a crew chief on a Chinook helicopter.
Mueller died doing what he loved and left behind a family and girlfriend who are intensely proud of his sacrifice, parents Larry and Sharon Mueller told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
"This was something that he wanted to do, that he needed to do," Larry Mueller said. "We were behind him 100 percent."
The Pentagon said the helicopter crashed Monday while returning from the scene of a firefight with suspected Taliban drug traffickers. In a separate crash Monday, four more troops were killed when two helicopters collided over southern Afghanistan.
U.S. military officials insisted neither crash was believed a result of hostile fire, although the Taliban claimed they shot down a U.S. helicopter in the western province of Badghis. The U.S. did not say where in western Afghanistan its helicopter went down, and no other aircraft were reported missing.
Oct 28, 2009 at 2:52 p.m.
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GOD BLESS Sgt. Mueller and his family and all the troops. Thank you for all you do for our freedom
Oct 28, 2009 at 12:54 a.m.
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This has been a bad week in Afghanistan for coalition forces. My prayers are with the family.
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