Eggleston, Brandon Forrest

Staff Sergeant Brandon Forrest Eggleston was a 29-year-old soldier from Candler, North Carolina. He was assigned to Company B, 4th Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

On April 26, 2012, Eggleston was killed in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. According to the Department of Defense, he died of wounds suffered from enemy small arms fire while his unit was conducting combat operations.

Eggleston's death occurred during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. By 2012, a surge of U.S. forces had been deployed and was beginning to draw down, with combat operations increasingly focused on training Afghan forces and targeted counterinsurgency.

His death was reported by multiple news outlets, including the Asheville Citizen-Times, which noted his local ties to North Carolina. The Army released a statement confirming his death and his assignment to the 3rd Special Forces Group.

Eggleston is memorialized on the Special Forces Memorial Wall at Fort Bragg and on online veterans' memorials. His unit, the 3rd Special Forces Group, was heavily deployed in eastern Afghanistan during this period.

Staff Sergeant Eggleston 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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