34-year-old French Foreign Legion Staff
Sergeant Svilen Simeonov was one of four French soldiers killed on 20th
January 2012 by an Afghan National Army soldier. He and his colleagues
were killed while they were participating in a physical training workout
at Gwan Base in southern Kapisa. 15 other French soldiers were injured
in the attack.
SSgt Simeonov, a Bulgarian national,
joined the Foreign Legion in September 2001 and completed his intial
training with the 4th Foreign Regiment at Castelnaudary. At the time of
his death he was serving with the 2nd Foreign Engineers Regiment. He was
trained as a Firefighter, a combat Engineer and Minesweeper.
Promoted to Corporal in 2004, he
quickly rose through the ranks becoming a Sergeant in 2005 and Staff
Sergeant in 2009. He served in French Guiana in 2004, Cote d'Ivoire and
Afghanistan in 2007 and also served in Djibouti three times. He deployed
to Afghanistan on this mission in September 2011.
He leaves his wife and one child.
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