Ruffner, Matthew Paul
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Verified CW3 Ruffner, Matthew Paul, 34, a native of TRAFFORD, PA, died serving in the National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 104TH AVIATION REGIMENT, 28TH COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE, during Operation Enduring Freedom on April 9, 2013.
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A National Guard member of the ARMY ? COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 104TH AVIATION REGIMENT, 28TH COMBAT AVIATION BRIGADE ? serving as CW3, Ruffner, Matthew Paul was 34 and came from TRAFFORD, PA.
On April 9, 2013, he died in PACHIR WA AGAM, AFGHANISTAN. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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 ARMY recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oef.
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Ruffner, Matthew Paul 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.
