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Christopher Speer was born on 9 September, 1973 in Denver, Colorado, United States, is a US Army soldier (1973–2002). Discover Christopher Speer's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 28 years old?

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Age 28 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 9 September, 1973
Birthday 9 September
Birthplace Denver, Colorado, United States
Date of death 6 August, 2002
Died Place Ramstein Air Base, Germany
Nationality United States

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1973

Christopher James Speer (September 9, 1973 – August 6, 2002) was a United States Army combat medic and an armed member of a special operations team who was killed during a skirmish in Afghanistan on July 27, 2002.

Speer, who was not wearing a helmet at the time because the mission called for indigenous clothing, suffered a head wound from a grenade and succumbed to his injuries approximately two weeks later.

Omar Khadr was charged and convicted of throwing the grenade that killed Speer.

1992

Speer enlisted in the United States Army in July 1992 and after initial training as a combat medic, was assigned to the Army Hospital at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, until 1994.

He received 18 Delta combat medic training at the Joint Special Operations University at Hurlburt Field,

Florida.

1997

Speer was assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group upon completing training as a Special Forces medic in 1997.

2002

As part of the 1st SFOD-D (known as Delta Force and based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina), he deployed to Afghanistan in Spring 2002 as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

On July 27, 2002, Christopher Speer and a group of four other soldiers on reconnaissance patrol were injured during a firefight upon attacking a building in Khost Province, Afghanistan.

SFC Christopher Speer was part of a squad assigned the task of going through the ruins of the building after it had been destroyed.

The injured Speer was evacuated by air to Bagram Air Force Base and then to Ramstein Air Base in Germany, where he died on August 6, 2002.

The incident received widespread attention as fifteen-year-old Toronto-born Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen with Egyptian and Palestinian ancestry, was captured and subsequently imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay, accused of killing Speer.

Khadr was held without trial for 8 years.

Speer died from his wounds on August 6, 2002, at the age of 28.

On the second anniversary of Speer's death, SFC Speer's widow Tabitha and a comrade of his, Layne Morris, initiated legal proceedings to claim compensation from the estate of Omar Khadr's father Ahmed Khadr.

Speer was awarded the Soldier's Medal for risking his life to save two Afghan children who were trapped in a minefield on July 21, 2002, two weeks before his death.

The infirmary at a special forces base in Kunar Province was named the "Christopher J. Speer Medical Clinic" in his memory.

Speer's awards include:

2006

The charges against Khadr were filed under the Military Commission Act of 2006 and considered under US law to be war crimes, though the act passed into law several years after Speer's death.

In January 2006 Colonel Morris Davis, Khadr's prosecutor, in statements to the press, said that Khadr owed his life to American medics who stepped over the dead body of their colleague to treat Khadr's wounds.

2008

On February 4, 2008, American officials accidentally released an unredacted version of testimony

which—according to Khadr's lawyers—showed that Khadr was not responsible for Speer's death.

2010

In October 2010, he pleaded guilty to, among other crimes, "murder in violation of the laws of war" for the killing of Speer.

At that time, he said he had thrown the hand grenade which killed Speer in the firefight.

On October 25, 2010, Khadr pleaded guilty to and was convicted of the murder of Speer in violation of the laws of war, attempted murder in violation of the laws of war, conspiracy, two counts of providing material support for terrorism and spying in the United States.

On October 29, 2010, after taking the stand, Khadr apologized to the widow of Speer stating "I'm really sorry for the pain I caused to your family. I wish I could do something to take that pain away.", and further stating that his eight years in prison had taught him "the beauty of life".

2013

In 2013, Khadr filed a civil suit against the government of Canada, alleging that the government had breached his Charter rights.

In the lawsuit, he claimed he had only signed the plea agreement because he believed it was the only way he could gain transfer from Guantanamo.

In an affidavit filed in the proceedings, he said he had no memory of the firefight.

Prior to his plea of guilty to Speer's death, Khadr became the focus of several legal disputes.