Tor Arne Lau Henriksen

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Tor Arne Lau Henriksen was a Norwegian officer and lieutenant who was KIA in Afghanistan.

He jonied Hærens Jegerkommando before he went to Afghanistan. During a mission in Afghanistan, Lau Henriksen was killed by Talibans. He and other norwegian soldiers was on a Reconnaissance mission togeder with Afghan soldiers when they was attack by talibans, dressed as civilians. Lau Henriksen was shot in the chets and became the first soldier from Hærens Jegerkommando to been KIA in afghanistan.

Lieutenant Lau Henriksen was the first norwegian soldier to been awarded the military cross. His name became the "name of the year" 2007 in Verdens Gang