Private Nathan Lloyd Smith (June 28, 1975-April 18, 2002) was a Canadian soldier who was killed in a friendly fire

Friendly fire

Friendly fire is inadvertent firing towards one's own or otherwise friendly forces while attempting to engage enemy forces, particularly where this results in injury or death. A death resulting from a negligent discharge is not considered friendly fire...

 incident near Kandahar

Kandahar

Kandahar is the second largest city in Afghanistan, with a population of about 512,200 as of 2011. It is the capital of Kandahar Province, located in the south of the country at about 1,005 m above sea level...

, Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

 (see Tarnak Farm incident

Tarnak Farm incident

The Tarnak Farm incident refers to the killing of four Canadian soldiers and the injury of eight others from the Third Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry on the night of April 17, 2002, by an American F-16 fighter jet. The aircraft, piloted by U.S...

).

He was born in Halifax

City of Halifax

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, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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 in 1975. Nathan grew up in Ostrea Lake on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia. He attended Eastern Shore District High School in Musquodoboit Harbour

Musquodoboit Harbour

Musquodoboit Harbour is a natural harbour in Canada on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia.Located east of Petpeswick Inlet and west of Jeddore Harbour, Musquodoboit Harbour is a 10 km long estuary measuring about 2 km wide at its southern end and narrowing to less than 100 m wide at the...

, Nova Scotia. He graduated from the commercial diving course at Seneca College

Seneca College

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 in Newmarket, Ontario

Newmarket, Ontario

Newmarket is a town in Southern Ontario located approximately 50 km north of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area and is connected to Toronto by freeway, and is served by three interchanges along Highway 404. It is also connected to Highway 400 via Highway 9...

 in 1997. He enlisted in the Canadian Forces on September 24, 1998.

Smith's mother, Charlotte Lynn Smith, was named the Silver Cross Mother

Silver Cross Mother

A Silver Cross Mother is chosen each year by the Royal Canadian Legion to lay a wreath during the Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on behalf of all mothers who have lost children in the service of their country. The title is named for the Silver Cross, a medal awarded...

 in 2003 by the Royal Canadian Legion

Royal Canadian Legion

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. There is also a camp in Afghanistan named after him (Camp Nathan Smith

Camp Nathan Smith

Camp Nathan Smith is an American military base in Kandahar City, Afghanistan. Originally, it was an abandoned fruit factory. In November 2003, it was built and operated by the US Army Soldiers of Charlie Battery, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment from Fort Bragg, North Carolina...

).

See also

• Sergeant Marc Léger
• Corporal Ainsworth Dyer
• Private Richard Green
  Richard Green (soldier)
  Private Richard A. Green was a Canadian soldier killed in Afghanistan in what became known as the Tarnak Farm incident in which a U.S. plane dropped a laser-guided bomb on the 3rd Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry...
  
  

External links

• Obituary: IN MEMORY OF Pte. NATHAN LLOYD SMITH
• Tribute: Tribute to Pte Nathan Lloyd Smith