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Navy SEAL from Washington dies in Indonesia

The Columbian
Published: October 13, 2011, 5:00pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department says a Navy SEAL from Washington has died in a motorcycle accident in Indonesia.

The Pentagon says 33-year-old Michael R. Tatham of University Place was killed Wednesday in Bali while on a rest and recuperation leave from the Afghanistan War.

Tatham was assigned to a West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare unit.

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