Navy SEAL, Silver Star recipient Mike Day dies

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Navy SEAL, Silver Star recipient Mike Day dies
By Diana Stancy Correll
Mar 30, 07:02 PM
Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Douglas "Mike" Day looks to his family during the reading of the citation as his presentation of the 2008 Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs Grateful Nation Award in Crystal City, Va., Dec. 8, 2008. (MC1 Chad J. McNeeley/Defense Department)

Former Navy SEAL and Silver Star recipient Douglas “Mike” Day, who suffered 27 gunshots while deployed to Iraq in 2007, has died.

“We mourn the loss of an outstanding Naval Special Warfare teammate, former Senior Chief Mike Day,” a Naval Special Warfare Command spokeswoman said in an email to Navy Times. “His courage and grit formed the standard we uphold in the community today, and we will always remember his service to the special operations community.”

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