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Army Captain Andrew Pedersen-Keel: A Remembrance

Connecticut Public Radio | By Lucy Nalpathanchil
Published May 22, 2013 at 3:45 PM EDT
Courtesy of Helen Pedersen Keiser

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On Thursday, May 23, the photo of U.S Army Captain Andrew Pedersen-Keel will be added to the State of Connecticut's Wall of Honor, a tribute to servicemembers who died while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

Pedersen-Keel was killed March 11 in what the military calls a green on blue attack.
An Afghan policeman shot him and another Special Forces soldier and wounded several others.
 
WNPR's Lucy Nalpathanchil sat down with Pedersen-Keel’s mother, Helen, who tells us in her own words about her son. 
 
Click on the audio link to hear Helen Pedersen-Keiser.
 
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