Padgett, Timothy Paul
SGT Padgett, Timothy Paul, 28, a native of DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FL, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 7TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (A), FORT BRAGG, NC, during Operation Enduring Freedom on May 8, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FL, SGT Padgett, Timothy Paul, serving with COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 7TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (A), FORT BRAGG, NC, was 28 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
May 8, 2007 ? Padgett, Timothy Paul died in TARIN KWOT, AFGHANISTAN, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2007.
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.
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Padgett, Timothy Paul 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.