Rushforth, Bruce Alan Jr
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Verified From BRIDGEWATER, MA, SSG Rushforth, Bruce Alan Jr served with the ARMY, COMPANY E, 160TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS AVIATION REGIMENT, APO AP 96205, and died on February 22, 2002 in NEAR BASILAN ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. He was 35.
Their Story
Rushforth, Bruce Alan Jr of BRIDGEWATER, MA, 35 years old, served in the ARMY with COMPANY E, 160TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS AVIATION REGIMENT, APO AP 96205 at the rank of SSG ? one of the Americans deployed to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
On February 22, 2002, the ARMY lost SSG Rushforth, Bruce Alan Jr in NEAR BASILAN ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. He was 35.
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 members of COMPANY E, 160TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS AVIATION REGIMENT, APO AP 96205 who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Rushforth, Bruce Alan Jr 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.
