Pruitt, Scott Eugene
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Verified I MEF CE, (I MEF FWD), I MEF, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MARINE CORPS ? MSGT Pruitt, Scott Eugene (GAUTIER, MS), age 38, ? died in NIMROZ PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on April 28, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the MARINE CORPS ? I MEF CE, (I MEF FWD), I MEF, CAMP PENDLETON, CA ? serving as MSGT, Pruitt, Scott Eugene was 38 and came from GAUTIER, MS.
April 28, 2012 ? Pruitt, Scott Eugene died in NIMROZ PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2012.
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
Pruitt, Scott Eugene 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.
