Metcalf, Michael Joseph
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Verified In GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN on April 22, 2012, the ARMY lost PFC Metcalf, Michael Joseph of BOYNTON BEACH, FL, 22, serving with COMPANY A, 2ND BATTALION, 504TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT BRAGG, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Metcalf, Michael Joseph was 22 and from BOYNTON BEACH, FL when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2ND BATTALION, 504TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT BRAGG, NC as PFC. Operation Enduring Freedom would take his life.
On April 22, 2012, the ARMY lost PFC Metcalf, Michael Joseph in GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN. He was 22. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
In the final years of OEF, a surge had been deployed and drawn down. The Taliban had outlasted every strategy. The Afghan army the US built would collapse six years after OEF ended.
The ARMY classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oef.
Explore Further
Metcalf, Michael Joseph 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.
