Denmark


Danish soldier, Mikkel Jørgensen, age 21, was killed on October 23, 2010, in a firefight in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

He was attached to Charlie Company, from the Royal Guard in Hovelte. He had been in Afghanistan since August.

Mikkel Jørgensen was shot as he was on a patrol in the area east of Patrol Base Bridzar. Comrades and sanitation soldiers provided first aid on the spot before he was evacuated by helicopter to the field hospital at Camp Bastion.

He leaves behind his father, mother and younger brother.