Buras, Michael John
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Verified Senior Airman Michael John Buras, 23, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, served with the U.S. Air Force's 99th Civil Engineer Squadron. He was killed in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on September 21, 2010.
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Michael John Buras was a 23-year-old Senior Airman from Fitzgerald, Georgia. He was assigned to the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron, based at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. Civil engineering squadrons are responsible for construction, repair, and base defense, often placing personnel in forward-deployed environments.
On September 21, 2010, Buras was killed in Kandahar province, a major center of insurgent activity in southern Afghanistan. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, his death was the result of a hostile incident. Specific details of the engagement were not widely disclosed in public reports.
Buras died during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001 following the 9/11 attacks. By 2010, the conflict was in a period of intense fighting, marked by a surge of U.S. troops and a focus on clearing Taliban strongholds in provinces like Kandahar.
His death was recorded in official casualty lists released by the Pentagon. He was one of at least 499 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan in 2010, which was the deadliest year of the war for American forces.
Buras is memorialized on the Afghanistan War casualty rolls and by veterans' organizations. His squadron and home community in Georgia reportedly honored his service.
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Senior Airman Buras 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.
