Staff Sgt. Logan J. Melgar, a Green Beret with the 3rd Special Forces Group, was announced dead on arrival on June 4th at a French clinic in Bamako, Mali. Melgar had been posted to the West African nation as part of a secret mission to train local troops and carry out counter terrorism operations against groups affiliated with the so-called Islamic State (IS). He was 34-years-old.
According to the New York Times Melgar’s death occurred around 5 a.m. and was first reported to superiors as an accidental death resulting from Melgar wrestling or grappling with a pair of SEALs.