Beckerman, Michael Joe

Michael Joe Beckerman was a sergeant in the U.S. Army, assigned to Company A, 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He was from Sainte Genevieve, Missouri, and was 25 years old at the time of his deployment to Afghanistan.

According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Sergeant Beckerman died on December 31, 2010, in Howz e Madad, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The official casualty report listed the cause as hostile action. The specific incident was not detailed in the initial release, but his death was part of a surge of U.S. forces in southern Afghanistan at the time.

Beckerman was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. His death occurred near the end of a significant troop surge ordered in 2009, which saw intense combat in Taliban strongholds like Kandahar province, where Howz e Madad is located.

His death was announced by the Department of Defense in early January 2011. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of sergeant. Media reports from Missouri noted his death and his connection to the Sainte Genevieve community.

Sergeant Beckerman is memorialized on the Afghanistan War casualty lists and at Fort Campbell. His name appears on the 101st Airborne Division memorial and is included in the online archives maintained by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and other veteran service organizations.

Sgt. Beckerman 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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