Bock, Michael Andrew

Michael Andrew Bock was a 26-year-old Staff Sergeant from Leesburg, Florida. He served with the 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force Forward, based out of Twentynine Palms, California.

According to U.S. Department of Defense casualty reports, Bock died on August 13, 2010, in Helmand province, Afghanistan. The official cause was listed as hostile action. No further operational details of the incident were publicly released by the Marine Corps.

Bock's death occurred during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. In 2010, the conflict was marked by a significant troop surge, with intense fighting concentrated in southern provinces like Helmand, a Taliban stronghold and center of opium production.

The Marine Corps announced his death in a press release. He was survived by his family in Florida. His name is inscribed on the Afghanistan War Memorial at the Museum of the Forgotten Warriors in California and is listed on the online memorials maintained by the Pentagon and the Fallen Heroes Project.

Staff Sergeant Bock is remembered by his unit and community as a combat engineer, a role responsible for tasks including demolition, fortification, and mine clearance. His service is documented in the official records of U.S. casualties from the Afghanistan war.

Staff Sergeant Bock 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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