Johnny Michael Spann: Remembering The First American Killed In Combat In Afghanistan

Photo: Johnny Micheal Spann

Intel Community Marks A Decade Since The Death Of Mike Spann, First CIA Officer Killed In Afghanistan -- Washington Post

This week marks 10 years since the first American — not a soldier, but a spy — was killed in combat in the decade of war that followed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

CIA paramilitary officer Johnny Micheal Spann, 32, was killed in a violent uprising at a prison in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, where he was interrogating detainees captured during the early weeks of the war.

Spann, who went by “Mike,” was survived by a wife, who also worked at the agency, and three young children. As donations began arriving at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., current and former agency officials created a foundation to help Spann’s children and others who would lose CIA-employed parents in the years to come.

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WNU Editor: On this Thanksgiving day, our prayers are with his family and loved ones. A fitting tribute of Johnny Michael Spann can be found here.