Through negotiation and threats to the Habr Gidr clan leaders by ambassador Robert B. Oakley, all the bodies were eventually recovered. Shughart's body was eventually recovered and is buried in Westminster Cemetery, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Shell also rave about her three Maltese dogs whenever she gets the chance. [7], In the 2001 film Black Hawk Down, Shughart was portrayed by actor Johnny Strong. The United Nations tried to aid with the resulting famine, but its food rations were seized by local warlords. I didnt dive deep into what trigger Shughart would have had, or glass bedding of the action, etc. . New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. The MSG Gary Gordon and hisDelta Forcesniper teammatesSFC Randall Shughartand SFC Brad Hallings, who were providing sniper cover from the air, wanted to be dropped at the second crash site to protect the four critically wounded crew. One result was disruption of the African country's agriculture, resulting in 300,000 people dying of starvation. Shughart and Gordon - Sniper Central They established a defensive perimeter around the crash site. The story of Black Hawk Down began when Delta Force arrested 20 Somalis. The ceremony was attended by a number of officers and politicians including Shughart's commanding officer at the time of his death; John W. Douglass, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition; Senator Bob Kerrey; and others. [2] Several months later, he completed a pre-ranger course (currently known as SURT, Small Unit Ranger Tactics), was granted a slot to attend Ranger School, graduated, and earned the Ranger Tab. Live The Armory Life. Despite having inflicted heavy casualties against the Somalis, the two Delta snipers were too outnumbered and outgunned. Their ammunition depleted, Gordon and Shughart were killed by Somali gunfire. The bodies of 50 Somalis were later found surrounding the chopper. Eighteen Americans were killed. Both men's bodies were recovered. It was second ship to undergo conversion from a commercial container vessel to a Large Medium Speed Roll-On/Roll-Off (LMSR) sealift ship. Police Investigating Medal of Honor Recipient Gary Gordon's Gravestone However, it added that the family "was never notified that this was happening. As the second Blackhawk, containing Chief Warrant Officer Michael Durant, was hit and crashed, Master Sergeant Gary I. Gordon and Sergeant First Class Randall D. Shughart, were in a nearby Blackhawk monitoring radio traffic. Entered service at: Born: Lincoln, Maine. His actions saved the pilots life. The lowest optic mount I could find to give us that look is the ARMS #18 mount. The pilot of Gordon and Shughart's Black Hawk first attempted to land right next to the crash site of Super Six-Four, but the LZ was too hot - a flood of small arms fire, RPGs, and an excess of ground debris and fire made insertion impossible.So instead of putting down in the middle of the action, Gordon and Shughart jumped from the hovering helicopter 100 meters from the crash site, getting .