Gordon And Shughart Bodies
Shughart and gary gordon both delta force operators and snipers died in mogadishu somalia in october 1993 after being inserted alone into a.
Gordon and shughart bodies. Msg gary gordon and sfc randy shughart were deployed to mogadishu somalia with other sfod d delta force members in the summer of 1993. On 3 october 1993 a joint assault mission to capture key advisers to warlord mohamed farrah aidid was launched. Randy shughart would have been 60 years old today.
Shortly after randy shughart was killed and durant was taken alive. Shughart and gordon were inserted approximately 100 metres 330 ft from the crash site armed with their sniper rifles and sidearms and made their way to the downed blackhawk. Chief warrant officer mike durant was already defending the aircraft with an mp 5 but was unable to move from his chair due to a crushed vertebra in his back and a compound fracture of his left femur.
As they monitored the downing of the 2nd blackhawk it was evident that ground forces would not be available anytime soon to secure the crash site and protect the crew of four whom all survived the crash. His teammate randy shughart retrieved gordons car 15 and gave it to michael durant to use. Their ammunition nearly depleted gordon and shughart were killed by somali militias gunfire.
This operation was later detailed in the book and movie of the same name titled black hawk down.