A 1994 GW graduate was killed Dec. 30 during a suicide bombing at a U.S. base in Afghanistan, according to multiple news reports.
Harold E. Brown, Jr. was one of seven Americans killed by the terrorist attack in Afghanistan’s Khost Province, near Pakistan.
CIA Director Leon E. Panetta told employees Dec. 31 that seven CIA officers were killed and six others were injured in the attack at Forward Operating Base Chapman.
Brown’s mother, Barbara Brown, told The Boston Globe that her son was working for the State Department at the time of his death and had been sent to Afghanistan in April.
Fred Lash, a spokesman for the State Department, said Dec. 31 that seven people were killed at the base – though other reports say eight Americans were killed – and all worked for the CIA.
The names of those killed in the attack are not being released at this time, according to a CIA press release.
Lash said it was possible that Brown worked for the State Department at some point, but said all those killed were working for the CIA at the time.
Brown, 37, was a native of Bolton, Mass. and was a resident of Fairfax, Va. at the time of his death.
He is survived by his wife, Janet, who is also a GW graduate. They married in 1994 and have three children.
Prior to working for the State Department, Brown became an Army Officer and later joined the Army Reserve. He also worked for shareholder.com and for a private defense contractor, according to The Boston Globe.
