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‘Exceptional leader’: Army identifies Green Beret killed in parachuting accident

By Russ Read
Published January 15, 2020 10:33pm ET
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‘Exceptional leader’: Army identifies Green Beret killed in parachuting accident
Master Sergeant Nathan Goodman, a member of the Army's Special Forces, was killed in a parachuting accident on January 14, 2020. Source: U.S. Special Operations Command | Army Special Operations Command

The Army identified the soldier killed Tuesday in a parachuting accident as Master Sgt. Nathan Goodman, a highly decorated Green Beret who spent nearly 18 years in the military.

Goodman, 36, was killed during a free fall parachuting accident outside Eloy, Arizona. He was an operations team sergeant for the Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha. Details surrounding his death remain unclear as the military continues its investigation.

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