Rasmussen, Deric Michael
Male
Verified In CAMP MARMAL, AFGHANISTAN on May 11, 2014, the ARMY lost CW2 Rasmussen, Deric Michael of OCEANSIDE, CA, 33, serving with COMPANY C, 2ND BATTALION, 227TH AVIATION REGIMENT, 1ST AIR CAVALRY BRIGADE, FORT HOOD, TX.
Their Story
Serving as CW2 Rasmussen, Deric Michael, from OCEANSIDE, CA, at age 33, with COMPANY C, 2ND BATTALION, 227TH AVIATION REGIMENT, 1ST AIR CAVALRY BRIGADE, FORT HOOD, TX, he went to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa with the ARMY. He did not come home.
On May 11, 2014, he died in CAMP MARMAL, AFGHANISTAN. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Enduring Freedom. Date of death: May 11, 2014. Hometown: OCEANSIDE, CA.
Explore Further
Rasmussen, Deric Michael 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.
