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Navy Seal Killed in Afghanistan Helicopter Crash

A Siloam Springs native is a Navy SEAL medic killed after his helicopter is shot down in Afghanistan Saturday morning. Arkansas State Representative Jon Woods says his friend John Brown was the perfect soldier.

"He was just an All-American G.I. Joe. Just a great guy who loved his country," says Woods.

Woods says he and Brown grew up in Siloam Springs together.

"Everybody liked John in high school,” says Woods, “He was easy to get along with, great athlete, and great sense of humor."

Saturday afternoon Woods got an email from Brown's mother Elizabeth Newlun stating Brown's Navy SEAL team had been shot down in Afghanistan.

"Hearing the news that it was the Navy SEAL team, or a large group of the men that were killed this morning, it doesn't surprise me that John was more than likely part of that team," says Woods.

He says Brown always loved a challenge.

"He loved to fight,” says Woods, “He loved his country. He likes doing the right thing and he really believed in what he was doing."

Newlun says her son studied pre-med in Florida before deciding to become a pararescue man with the Navy SEALS. She says he was recently promoted to tech sergeant.

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