SEALs Name Camp in Afghanistan for Fallen Edgewater Soldier

U.S. Navy SEALS dedicated a camp in Afghanistan Friday in honor of Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Patrick D. Feeks, of Edgewater, who was killed in action on August 16 2012. 

Feeks, 28, was assigned to a West Coast-based naval special warfare unit at the time of his death. He, one other SEAL and two other soldiers died when their helicopter crashed while they were chasing insurgents in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

The camp was dedicated on the one year anniversary of Feeks' death. 

For more information on Feeks, and the efforts of his family and friends to honor his memory and the memory of other fallen SEALs, see the Patrick Feeks Memorial on Facebook.

UPDATE via Patrick Feeks Memorial:

Please remember not only Patrick but the other American heroes who gave their lives a year ago today,16 Aug, in a Black Hawk helicopter northeast of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Also killed were Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Suresh N. A. Krause, 29, of Cathedral City, Calif.; Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class Sean P. Carson, 32, of Des Moines, Wash.; Army Sgt. Richard A. Essex, 23, of Kelseyville, Calif.; Army Sgt. Luis A. Oliver Galbreath, 41, of San Juan, Puerto Rico; Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian D. Hornsby, 37, of Melbourne, Fla.; and Navy Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class David J. Warsen, 27, of Kentwood, Mich. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

This video of the ceremony was obtained by Patch with permission from the Patrick Feeks Memorial.