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Casualty Info
Home Town Oceanside, CA
Last Address Oceanside, CA
Casualty Date Oct 24, 2014
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Unknown, Not Reported
Location Qatar
Location of Interment Georgia National Cemetery (VA) - Canton, Georgia
Cmdr. Christopher E. Kalafut, 49, of Acworth, Ga., was found dead in his room on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Oct. 24, 2014. His death is under military investigation, as was standard with on-base deaths.
Kalafut deployed in July 2014 and worked at the combined air operations center at the base, a major air hub in the Middle East. He was assigned to the Naval Amphibious Liaison Element, Combined Forces Air Component Center, U.S. Central Command.
