Retzer, Thomas Eugene
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Verified COMNAVSPECWARDEVGRU DAM NECK VA, NAVY ? PO1 Retzer, Thomas Eugene (SAN DIEGO, CA), age 30, ? died in BAGRAM AIR FORCE BASE, AFGHANISTAN on June 26, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the NAVY ? COMNAVSPECWARDEVGRU DAM NECK VA ? serving as PO1, Retzer, Thomas Eugene was 30 and came from SAN DIEGO, CA.
He did not survive OEF. The NAVY recorded his death on June 26, 2003 in BAGRAM AIR FORCE BASE, AFGHANISTAN, from HOSTILE.
In the early years of OEF, the Taliban had been driven from power but not destroyed. They retreated and waited. American forces were establishing bases across a country with no roads, no institutions, and deep ethnic fault lines.
The NAVY 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
Retzer, Thomas 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.
