US Army helicopter pilot, Bradley Gaudet

US Army helicopter pilot, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bradley Justin Gaudet, age 31 from Gladewater, Texas was killed on Sunday 5th June 2011 when his helicopter crashed in Khost province, Afghanistan.

CWO Gaudet was from Task Force Tigershark, 1st Battalion, 10th Aviation Regiment, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th Mountain Division. He joined the army in 2004 and flight training school in 2006.

CWO Gaudet served twice in Iraq and deployed to Afghanistan in October 2010.

He had returned home last month for his daughter's birth and went back to Afghanistan a few days later to finish his tour. He and his wife, Ginny, also have a 10-year-old daughter, Tealie. 

Also killed in the helicopter crash was CWO Kenneth White from Fort Collins, Colorado.