Peterson, Anthony Del Mar
At 24, SGT Peterson, Anthony Del Mar of CHELSEA, OK was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 279TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 45 IBCT, VINITA, OK, when he died in ZURMAT D.PAKTIKA P, AFGHANISTAN on August 4, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Peterson, Anthony Del Mar of CHELSEA, OK, 24 years old, served in the ARMY with COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 279TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 45 IBCT, VINITA, OK at the rank of SGT ? one of the Americans deployed to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
On August 4, 2011, he died in ZURMAT D.PAKTIKA P, 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 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
Peterson, Anthony Del Mar 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.