Oleski, Blaise Adam
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Verified Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 3D BN, 8TH MAR, (GCE, SPMAGTF-AFGHANISTAN), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, LCPL Oleski, Blaise Adam of HOLLAND PATENT, NY, 22, died in NOW ZAD, AFGHANISTAN on April 8, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as LCPL Oleski, Blaise Adam, from HOLLAND PATENT, NY, at age 22, with 3D BN, 8TH MAR, (GCE, SPMAGTF-AFGHANISTAN), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, he went to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa with the MARINE CORPS. He did not come home.
On April 8, 2009, he died in NOW ZAD, AFGHANISTAN ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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 MARINE CORPS 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
Oleski, Blaise Adam 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.
