Pate, Ralph Earl Jr
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Verified GYSGT Pate, Ralph Earl Jr, age 29, of MULLINS, SC ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 2D EOD CO, 8TH ESB, 2D MLG (II MEF FWD), CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, ? died on June 26, 2011 in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the MARINE CORPS ? 2D EOD CO, 8TH ESB, 2D MLG (II MEF FWD), CAMP LEJEUNE, NC ? serving as GYSGT, Pate, Ralph Earl Jr was 29 and came from MULLINS, SC.
Killed on June 26, 2011 in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN ? HOSTILE ?, Pate, Ralph Earl Jr was one of the 2356 Americans the country lost in Operation Enduring Freedom.
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 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
Pate, Ralph Earl Jr 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.
