Baumann, Ryan Patrick

Ryan Patrick Baumann was a 24-year-old sergeant from Great Mills, Maryland. He served on active duty with Battery G, 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. His unit had deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

On August 1, 2008, Sergeant Baumann was killed in Tani, a village in Afghanistan's eastern Khowst Province. The Department of Defense listed the cause as hostile fire. According to contemporaneous reporting, the incident occurred during a firefight with insurgent forces.

Baumann's death came during a period of intensified combat operations in Afghanistan. 2008 saw a significant increase in U.S. troop levels and a sharp rise in violence, particularly in eastern provinces like Khowst along the border with Pakistan. The conflict, which began in October 2001, was then in its seventh year.

Sergeant Baumann was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart. His remains were returned to the United States, and he was buried with military honors. His death was reported by several regional and national news outlets at the time.

He is memorialized on the Afghanistan War casualty lists and by veterans' organizations. Sergeant Baumann was one of 2356 American service members who died during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

Sergeant Baumann was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001?2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.

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