Hansen, John Eric
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Verified U.S. Army Staff Sergeant John Eric Hansen, 41, of Austin, Texas, was killed in Khakrez, Afghanistan, on July 26, 2012.
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John Eric Hansen was a 41-year-old Staff Sergeant in the United States Army. He was assigned to Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, part of the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington.
On July 26, 2012, Hansen died in Khakrez district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. According to U.S. Department of Defense casualty reports, his death was the result of a hostile incident. Specific details of the engagement were not publicly released by the military.
Hansen was deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. In 2012, the conflict was characterized by counterinsurgency operations and frequent engagements with Taliban forces, particularly in southern provinces like Kandahar.
Following his death, Hansen was posthumously promoted from Sergeant to Staff Sergeant. His hometown of Austin, Texas, was listed as his place of record. Public memorials or statements from family were not widely documented in national news archives.
He is memorialized on the Afghanistan War casualty lists maintained by the Department of Defense and on several online veterans' memorial sites. His unit, the 17th Field Artillery Regiment, has a history dating back to World War I.
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John Eric Hansen 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.
