Owens, Brandon Andre
From MEMPHIS, TN, SPC Owens, Brandon Andre served with the ARMY, 118TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 503D BATTALION, 16TH BRIGADE, FORT BRAGG, NC, and died on October 2, 2009 in FOB SHANK, AFGHANISTAN. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, 118TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 503D BATTALION, 16TH BRIGADE, FORT BRAGG, NC, sent Owens, Brandon Andre of MEMPHIS, TN, then 21, ? SPC ? to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
On October 2, 2009, the ARMY lost SPC Owens, Brandon Andre in FOB SHANK, AFGHANISTAN. He was 21. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
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
Owens, Brandon Andre 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.