Navy SEAL gets 10 years in strangulation death of Army Green Beret staff sergeant January 25
Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar was found dead of strangulation on June 4, 2017, in housing he shared with other special operations forces personnel in Bamako, Mali. (Army) A Navy SEAL who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the hazing death of a Green Beret staff sergeant while deployed to Africa has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, forfeiture of pay, reduction to E-1 and a dishonorable discharge. Navy Chief Special Warfare Operator Tony E. DeDolph was one of four men charged in the death of Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar in Bamako, Mali, on June 4, 2017. He pleaded guilty earlier this month rather than go to trial.