Murphy’s remains were found during a combat search and rescue operation on July 4, 2005. Wounded in both legs, Luttrell walked several miles and was hidden and protected by an Afghani shepherd until U.S. Michael Murphy, Matthew Axelson and Danny Dietz were killed in the fierce firefight as they provided protective fire that allowed a fourth squad member (Petty Officer Marcus Luttrell) to escape. The four-man SEAL squad courageously fought on alone. Eight Navy SEALs and eight Army Night Stalker commandos perished when their MH-47 helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and crashed. Despite his severe wounds, he completed the call and continued fighting, exhorting his men to escape while he held off their attackers.Ī Quick Reaction Force immediately mobilized in a daring daytime mission to reinforce the SEAL squad. LT Murphy climbed to higher ground and into the open to make an electronic call for help. One screamed, “I’m hit!” Murphy yelled back, “We’re all hit! Keep moving!” Three SEALs were wounded by gunfire or rocket- propelled grenades. A fierce firefight ensued.įor about 45 minutes, the men fought on, as ammunition ran low. The team was conducting a sensitive mission to capture or kill high-value Taliban target Ahmad Shah, known as Ismail, when ambushed by overwhelming Taliban forces. He was the leader of a four-man SEAL squad that secretly infiltrated into the 9,000 foot Hindu-Kush mountains along the Pakistan border on June 27th. LT Murphy deployed to Afghanistan in April 2005.
He served on missions in Jordan, Iraq (twice), Qatar, and Djibouti in East Africa. After graduating from Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Political Science, Murphy turned down offers to two law schools to join the Navy and become a SEAL. Murphy worked to help ensure al-Qaeda terrorists could not train in, nor launch strikes from Afghanistan since their lethal attack on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001.Michael Murphy was a National Honor Society student and varsity football athlete in high school. Murphy was part of a dedicated team fighting the Taliban, a fundamentalist regime that a U.S.-led coalition knocked from power in Afghanistan in 2001, but has continued to conduct guerilla operations, particularly along the Pakistan border.
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