And yet Obama refuses to call it a “combat” death.

Via Daily Beast:

Navy SEAL Charles Humphrey Keating IV died in Iraq defending Americans under fire.

The Arizona native was part of a quick reaction force sent in to rescue an American advisor team who’d been visiting a Kurdish Peshmerga fighting position in Teleskof just north of Mosul, when it came under attack by an ISIS force of more than a 100 fighters, plus car bombs, armored vehicles and even bulldozers, according to coalition spokesman Col. Steve Warren speaking to reporters from Baghdad Wednesday.

Keating, 31, was part of team that rushed to the scene to help the Americans fight their way out. After the SEAL was gravely injured, U.S. aircraft sent in to extract him was damaged by enemy gunfire but were able to get him to a nearby medical facility with the medical “golden hour” that helps increase survivability, but his wounds from direct enemy fire were too severe to survive, Warren said.

According to his bio obtained by The Daily Beast, Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Keating enlisted in 2007 and spent his career with SEAL Teams based out of California. He was an expert marksman who earned multiple awards for combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, including the Bronze Star with Combat V, Navy and Army achievement medals.