Rookey, Kyle Robert
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Verified From OSWEGO, NY, SPC Rookey, Kyle Robert served with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 4TH BRIGADE SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 4 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, and died on September 2, 2012 in JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN. He was 23.
Their Story
Serving as SPC Rookey, Kyle Robert, from OSWEGO, NY, at age 23, with COMPANY B, 4TH BRIGADE SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 4 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, he went to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa with the ARMY. He did not come home.
The date recorded for his death: September 2, 2012. Location: JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN.
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: September 2, 2012. Hometown: OSWEGO, NY.
Explore Further
Rookey, Kyle Robert 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.
