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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmerican killed fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in Ukraine
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An American citizen, Willy Joseph Cancel, was killed fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in Ukraine, members of Cancels family confirmed to CNN.
The 22-year-old was working with a private military contracting company when he was killed on Monday. The company had sent him to Ukraine, and he was being paid while he was fighting there, Cancels mother, Rebecca Cabrera, told CNN.
Cancel, a former US Marine, according to his mother, signed up to work for the private military contracting company on top of his full-time job as a corrections officer in Tennessee shortly before the war in Ukraine broke out at the end of February, Cabrera said. When the war began, the company, according to Cabrera, was searching for contractors to fight in Ukraine and Cancel agreed to go, Cabrera said.
He wanted to go over because he believed in what Ukraine was fighting for, and he wanted to be a part of it to contain it there so it didnt come here, and that maybe our American soldiers wouldnt have to be involved in it, Cabrera told CNN in a phone interview.
Cancel flew to Poland on March 12 and crossed into Ukraine sometime over March 12 and 13, Cabrera said.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/28/politics/american-killed-ukraine/index.html
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American killed fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in Ukraine (Original Post)
orangecrush
Apr 2022
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2naSalit
(86,818 posts)1. ...
Sucha NastyWoman
(2,756 posts)2. That's a real shame
He looks so young.
SunSeeker
(51,734 posts)3. He died fighting for our country. nt
Irish_Dem
(47,476 posts)7. Yes, defending democracy.
Demovictory9
(32,479 posts)4. sad
electric_blue68
(14,954 posts)5. ....
sammythecat
(3,568 posts)6. I don't know
He left behind a wife and 7month old baby. Seems he would've made a bigger difference staying here than going over there.
orangecrush
(19,633 posts)8. He stood up
To Stalin Lite.
His courage inspires me.