Orgaard, Tyler John
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Verified SPC Orgaard, Tyler John, 20, a native of BISMARCK, ND, died serving in the National Guard, ARMY, 818TH ENGINEER COMPANY (SAPPER), 164TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 68TH TROOP COMMAND, WILLISTON, ND, during Operation Enduring Freedom on December 3, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Orgaard, Tyler John of BISMARCK, ND, 20 years old, served in the ARMY with 818TH ENGINEER COMPANY (SAPPER), 164TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 68TH TROOP COMMAND, WILLISTON, ND at the rank of SPC ? one of the Americans deployed to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
December 3, 2012 ? Orgaard, Tyler John died in LASHKAR GHA, AFGHANISTAN, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2012.
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.
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Orgaard, Tyler John 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.
