Pentagon identifies Navy SEAL killed in Yemen

Published January 30, 2017 10:50pm ET



Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Monday identified the Navy SEAL killed over the weekend in Yemen as Chief Special Warfare Operator William “Ryan” Owens.

The Pentagon said Owens, 36, was from Peoria, Illinois, and died Saturday in Yemen “of wounds sustained in a raid against al Qaeda.”

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