Mickler, Donald Ray Jr
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Verified SGT Mickler, Donald Ray Jr, 29, a native of TROTWOOD, OH, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HHT, 4TH SQUADRON, 2ND STRYKER CAVALRY REGIMENT, VILSECK, GERMANY, during Operation Enduring Freedom on March 19, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SGT Mickler, Donald Ray Jr, from TROTWOOD, OH, at age 29, with HHT, 4TH SQUADRON, 2ND STRYKER CAVALRY REGIMENT, VILSECK, GERMANY, he went to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa with the ARMY. He did not come home.
March 19, 2011 ? Mickler, Donald Ray Jr died in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2011.
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
Mickler, Donald Ray Jr 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.
