Pirtle, James Dewel
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Verified SGT Pirtle, James Dewel, 21, a native of COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 3D BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, 1 ID (ISAF), during Operation Enduring Freedom on May 1, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, SGT Pirtle, James Dewel, serving with SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 3D BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, 1 ID (ISAF), was 21 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
May 1, 2009 ? Pirtle, James Dewel died in BAF MACP, AFGHANISTAN, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2009.
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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Pirtle, James Dewel 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.
