Patron, Daniel James
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Verified In HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on August 6, 2011, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Patron, Daniel James of CANTON, OH, 26, serving with 8TH ENGR SPT BN (2D MLG FWD), 2D MLG, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
SGT Patron, Daniel James, 26 years old, grew up in CANTON, OH and served as Active Duty in the MARINE CORPS with 8TH ENGR SPT BN (2D MLG FWD), 2D MLG, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC during Operation Enduring Freedom.
On August 6, 2011, he died in HELMAND PROVINCE, 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
Patron, Daniel James 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.
