Keith Bromfield, 36, From Bolton, MA
[From article]
Hundreds of grateful Kurds have bid a hero's farewell to a U.S. soldier who died fighting against the Islamic State in Syria after traveling to the war-torn country because he felt it was 'God's will'.
Residents waved flags and applauded as Keith Broomfield's casket was driven through the streets of Kobani in a white van on Thursday - more than a week after he died in a battle between Kurdish forces and ISIS.
The 36-year-old's body was handed over to his grief-stricken family at a Turkish border crossing, Kurdish official Idriss Naasan told AP. It was not immediately clear which of Broomfield's relatives received his body at the Mursitpinar gate.
Broomfield, from Westminster, Massachusetts, was killed on June 3 in a battle in a Syrian village near Kobani, making him likely the first U.S. citizen to die fighting alongside the Kurds against the terror group.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3120870/Hundreds-grateful-Kurds-bid-hero-s-farewell-soldier-died-fighting-ISIS-Syria-traveling-overseas-God-s-will.html#ixzz3coMk8cbp
Extraordinary scenes in Kobani as grateful Kurds line the streets to bid a hero's farewell to US soldier who died fighting ISIS
Keith Broomfield, 36, traveled to Syria to fight alongside Kurdish forces against the Islamic State in February
He was killed on June 3 in a battle near Kobani, making him the first U.S. citizen to die fighting for the Kurds
On Thursday, hundreds of Kurds waved flags and applauded as soldier's casket was driven through streets
Broomfield's body was handed over to his distraught family at Turkish border crossing, Kurdish official said
His father, Tom Broomfield, told reporters his son had felt 'led by the Lord' to travel abroad to fight militants
Soldier had joined the People's Protection Units (YPG) on February 24 under nom de guerre: Gelhat Rumet
By SOPHIE JANE EVANS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 20:56 EST, 11 June 2015 | UPDATED: 00:48 EST, 12 June 2015
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