Just a few months after Brock took Detroit, he was mortally wounded at the Battle of Queenston Heights.

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In 1755, British General Edward Braddock was mortally wounded as his troops suffered a massive defeat during the French and Indian War.

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During this action, Private First Class Svehla was mortally wounded.

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He was mortally wounded while filming the shelling of Homs.

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It started at 4:45 a.m. when the sound of a dying seal permeated my dreams, and I was still in a semi-sleep state when I realized the mortally wounded seal was in fact my six-year-old son, lying on the floor by my bed, unable to draw breath.

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