Newton, Alan Howard Jr
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Verified On October 2, 2009, the ARMY lost PFC Newton, Alan Howard Jr of ASHEBORO, NC in ROLE 3 KANDAHAR AIRFIELD (KAF), AFGHANISTAN. He was 26. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as PFC Newton, Alan Howard Jr, from ASHEBORO, NC, at age 26, with HHC, 422D CIVIL AFFAIRS BATTALION, GREENSBORO, NC, he went to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa with the ARMY. He did not come home.
October 2, 2009 ? Newton, Alan Howard Jr died in ROLE 3 KANDAHAR AIRFIELD (KAF), AFGHANISTAN, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2009.
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 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
Newton, Alan Howard 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.
