Marine Staff Sgt. Jeremy Smith and Navy Corpsman Benjamin Rast killed by friendly fire

2 US servicemen mistakenly killed by drone attack in Afghanistan
NBC: Pair died in missile airstrike in an apparent case of mistaken identity

By Jim Miklaszewski
Chief Pentagon correspondent
NBC News
updated 4/11/2011 2:04:23 PM ET
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WASHINGTON — A U.S. Marine reservist and a Navy corpsman were killed in a drone airstrike in Afghanistan last week in an apparent case of friendly fire, U.S. military officials tell NBC News.

Marine Staff Sgt. Jeremy Smith and Navy Corpsman Benjamin Rast were reportedly killed Wednesday by a Hellfire missile fired from a U.S. Air Force Predator in what appears to be a case of mistaken identity, NBC reported. Smith and Rast were part of a Marine unit moving in to reinforce fellow Marines under heavy fire from enemy forces outside Sangin in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan.
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2 US servicemen mistakenly killed by drone attack