Deans, Patrick David
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Verified Patrick David Deans was a 22-year-old U.S. Army corporal from Orlando, Florida. He was killed in a hostile incident in Howz e Madad, Afghanistan, on December 12, 2010.
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Corporal Patrick David Deans was from Orlando, Florida. He was assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He was 22 years old at the time of his deployment to Afghanistan.
On December 12, 2010, Deans was killed in Howz e Madad, a village in the Zhari District of Kandahar province. According to U.S. military reports, he died from wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. The attack occurred during a security operation in the volatile district west of Kandahar city.
Deans was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. In late 2010, the conflict was marked by a significant U.S. troop surge, with intense counterinsurgency operations focused on Taliban strongholds in southern provinces like Kandahar.
His death was reported by the Department of Defense. He was one of 2356 American service members who died during Operation Enduring Freedom. A local Florida news outlet, the Orlando Sentinel, noted his death in its casualty listings.
Corporal Deans is memorialized on the Afghanistan War Memorial at Fort Campbell and on online veterans' memorials. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 105 of the Afghanistan section of the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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Patrick David Deans 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.
