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Sunday, July 01, 2012

Officer fatally shot by solider at Fort Bragg Was Highly Decorated War Veteran

Army officials released the name Saturday of the officer fatally shot by a soldier under his command at Fort Bragg and said he was a highly-decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The superior officer killed Thursday has been identified as Lt. Col. Roy L. Tisdale, a Bronze Star Medal recipient and commander of the 525th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade.

Tisdale, 42, was from Alvin, Texas.

He was shot allegedly by a member of his battalion during a safety briefing near the unit's headquarters.

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