Initial reports indicated that ten Libyan guards died; this was later retracted and it was reported that seven Libyans were injured.[10] An early report indicated that three Americans were injured in the attack and treated at an American military hospital in Germany.[11]
Since then, reports differ regarding the number of Americans wounded in the attacks. The ARB report released December 20, 2012, stated that two Americans were wounded.[12] In March 2013 it was reported that the State Department said there were four injured Americans.[13] In August 2013, CNN reported that seven Americans were wounded, some seriously.[14]
Doherty was the second of three children born to Bernard and Barbara Doherty. He trained as a
pilot at
Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University before moving to
Snowbird, Utah for several winters and then joining the
United States Navy in 1995. Doherty served as a
Navy SEAL sniper and Corpsman, responded to the
bombing of USS Cole and had tours of duty in
Iraq and
Afghanistan. He left the navy in 2005 as a
petty officer first class and joined the CIA.[19] After leaving the navy, he worked for a private security company in Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Kenya and Libya. He was centrally involved in the rescue of PFC
Jessica Lynch from Iraqi forces in 2003 and the rescue of Captain
Richard Phillips from Somali pirates in 2009.[17] In the month prior to the attack, Doherty as a contractor with the State Department, told ABC News in an interview that he personally went into the field in Libya to track down
MANPADS, shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles, and destroy them.[20]
A Roman Catholic, Doherty was a member of the advisory board of the
Military Religious Freedom Foundation, an organization that opposes proselytizing by religious groups in the United States military.[21] He also co-wrote the book The 21st Century Sniper.[21][22]
Tyrone Snowden "Rone" Woods Sr. (January 15, 1971 – September 12, 2012), of
Imperial Beach, California,[16] was born in
Portland, Oregon. Woods graduated from
Oregon City High School in 1989,[27] south of
Portland, Oregon, and served 21 years of honorable service in the U.S. Navy before joining the
State Department Diplomatic Security Service[28] as a U.S. embassy security operative,[4] ostensibly working under a service contract.[29] Since 2010, Woods had protected American diplomats in posts from
Central America to the
Middle East.[30] In November 2012, senior U.S. intelligence officials said that Woods and Doherty were actually CIA contractors, not State Department security officers as had been previously reported,[31] and that the two men, together with other CIA security officers, played a pivotal role in defending the besieged US Special Mission in Benghazi.[32]
As a Navy SEAL in 2005–06, Woods was awarded the
Bronze Star Medal with
Combat "V" for valor in Iraq.[28][33] He led 12 direct action raids and 10 reconnaissance missions leading to the capture of 34 enemy insurgents in the volatile
Al Anbar province.[28] He served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Middle East and Central America.[34] He retired as a
senior chief petty officer in 2010.[35][36]
^"DCPD-201200719 - REMARKS AT A TRANSFER OF REMAINS CEREMONY FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE ATTACK ON THE U.S. MISSION IN BENGHAZI, LIBYA". U.S. Government Printing Office. September 14, 2012.
Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2013. The President spoke at 2:46 p.m. at Joint Base Andrews, MD. In his remarks, he referred to Dorothy Narvaez-Woods, wife, Tyrone Jr. and Hunter, sons, and Kai, daughter, of Tyrone S. Woods, security officer, Department of State; and Heather Smith, wife of Sean P. Smith, foreign service officer, Department of State, and their children Samantha and Nathan. Pratt, Timothy (September 14, 2012).
"SEAL Veteran With Zest for Adrenaline". The New York Times.
Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2013. Mr. Woods had recently moved from La Jolla, Calif., with his wife, Dorothy, and their infant son, Kai, to a quiet suburban cul-de-sac in Henderson, Nev., less than 10 miles from the Las Vegas Strip. He is also survived by two teenage sons from his marriage to Ms. So, Tyrone Jr. and Hunter.