Olaes, Tony Bruce
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Verified SSG Olaes, Tony Bruce, 30, a native of WALHALLA, SC, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, A CO, 2D BATTALION, 3D SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE), FORT BRAGG, NC 28310, during Operation Enduring Freedom on September 20, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
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A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? A CO, 2D BATTALION, 3D SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE), FORT BRAGG, NC 28310 ? serving as SSG, Olaes, Tony Bruce was 30 and came from WALHALLA, SC.
On September 20, 2004, the ARMY lost SSG Olaes, Tony Bruce in SALERNO, AFGHANISTAN. He was 30. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
In the early years of OEF, the Taliban had been driven from power but not destroyed. They retreated and waited. American forces were establishing bases across a country with no roads, no institutions, and deep ethnic fault lines.
The members of A CO, 2D BATTALION, 3D SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (AIRBORNE), FORT BRAGG, NC 28310 who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Olaes, Tony Bruce 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.
