May, Erik Nathaniel
Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2-16TH IN, 4 BCT, 1 ID, CJTF-1 (TF DEVIL, 1 BCT, 82 ABN), SGT May, Erik Nathaniel of INDEPENDENCE, KS, 26, died in SAR TASAN, AFGHANISTAN on July 14, 2012.
Their Story
May, Erik Nathaniel was 26 and from INDEPENDENCE, KS when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2-16TH IN, 4 BCT, 1 ID, CJTF-1 (TF DEVIL, 1 BCT, 82 ABN) as SGT. Operation Enduring Freedom would take his life.
On July 14, 2012, the ARMY lost SGT May, Erik Nathaniel in SAR TASAN, AFGHANISTAN. He was 26.
Operation Enduring Freedom began October 7, 2001 ? twenty-six days after September 11. It lasted 13 years, the longest armed conflict in US history, ending December 28, 2014. 2,356 Americans were killed across Afghanistan, the Philippines, and the Horn of Africa.
The ARMY recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oef.
Explore Further
May, Erik Nathaniel was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (from October 2001 to December 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.