Carroll, Patrick Ryan
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Verified U.S. Army Sergeant Patrick Ryan Carroll, 25, of Norwalk, Ohio, died on February 7, 2011, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, from hostile action.
Their Story
Patrick Ryan Carroll was a sergeant in the United States Army. He served with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 319th Military Intelligence Battalion (Collection), part of the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. According to the Department of Defense, his service included deployments to Afghanistan, the Philippines, and the Horn of Africa.
On February 7, 2011, Sergeant Carroll died in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The Department of Defense listed his death as resulting from hostile action. No further specific details regarding the incident were released in the initial casualty announcement.
Carroll's death occurred during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. His unit, the 319th Military Intelligence Battalion, was involved in intelligence collection operations, a critical component of the counterinsurgency strategy during the 2010-2011 troop surge in southern Afghanistan.
The Department of Defense officially announced Carroll's death on February 8, 2011. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of sergeant. Public records and local news reports from his hometown of Norwalk, Ohio, noted his death and his status as a casualty of the war.
Sergeant Carroll is memorialized on the Afghanistan War Memorial at the Ohio Statehouse and on online veterans' memorials. He was survived by his parents and siblings.
Explore Further
Sgt. Patrick Carroll 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.
