Helge Boes

Helge Boes

Helge Boes, an operations officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, was killed on February 5, 2003, while participating in United States counterterrorism efforts in eastern Afghanistan. Boes was taking part in a live-fire exercise when a grenade detonated prematurely, killing him and wounding two others. He was the second CIA officer to die as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, the first being paramilitary officer Mike Spann on November 25, 2001.

Boes was a graduate of Georgia State University, earning a postgraduate degree from Harvard Law School and practicing with the law firm of Latham & Watkins before joining the CIA in January 2001. He was survived by his wife, Cindy, his parents, Roderich and Monika Boes of Germany and his brother Henrik.

External links

* [https://www.cia.gov/cia/public_affairs/press_release/2003/pr02072003.html CIA Press Release: Tenet Announces Death of CIA Officer in Afghanistan]
* [http://www.law.harvard.edu/alumni/bulletin/2003/summer/memoriam_side.html Harvard Law Bulletin: A Born Soldier]


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