Rylander, David E
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Verified 2LT Rylander, David E, 23, a native of STOW, OH, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 630TH ENGINEER COMPANY, 7TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 10TH SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE, FORT DRUM, NY, during Operation Enduring Freedom on May 2, 2012. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
2LT Rylander, David E, 23 years old, grew up in STOW, OH and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with 630TH ENGINEER COMPANY, 7TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 10TH SUSTAINMENT BRIGADE, FORT DRUM, NY during Operation Enduring Freedom.
On May 2, 2012, the ARMY lost 2LT Rylander, David E in SALAR, AFGHANISTAN. He was 23. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
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 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.
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Rylander, David E 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.
