Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Christopher A. Slutman Dignified Transfer
A U.S. Marine Corps carry team transfers the remains of
Staff Sgt. Christopher A. Slutman during a
dignified transfer April 11, 2019 at Dover Air Force Base,
Delaware. He and two other Marines (Cpl. Robert A. Hendriks
and Sgt. Benjamin S. Hines) were killed in a car
bombing outside Bagram Air Field only days before they were
expected to return home from Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman was assigned to the 25th
Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve.
He joined the Marine Corps in
November 2005 and deployed to Iraq for about 11 months in
spring 2008. He also served in Mozambique for a month in
2010.
Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman, a decorated New York
fireman in his civilian career, leaves behind a wife and
three daughters.
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