Rankel, John Kenneth
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Verified Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 3RD BN, 1ST MAR, (RCT-7, I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, SGT Rankel, John Kenneth of SPEEDWAY, IN, 23, died in FOB DWYER, AFGHANISTAN on June 7, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SGT Rankel, John Kenneth, from SPEEDWAY, IN, at age 23, with 3RD BN, 1ST MAR, (RCT-7, I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, he went to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa with the MARINE CORPS. He did not come home.
Killed on June 7, 2010 in FOB DWYER, AFGHANISTAN ? HOSTILE ?, Rankel, John Kenneth was one of the 2356 Americans the country lost in Operation Enduring Freedom.
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
Rankel, John Kenneth 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.
