Seals, Joshua Michael
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Verified SPC Seals, Joshua Michael, 21, a native of PORTER, OK, died serving in the National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY F, 700TH SUPPORT BATTALION, 45TH INFANTRY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, TULSA, OK, during Operation Enduring Freedom on August 16, 2011.
Their Story
SPC Seals, Joshua Michael, 21 years old, grew up in PORTER, OK and served as National Guard in the ARMY with COMPANY F, 700TH SUPPORT BATTALION, 45TH INFANTRY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, TULSA, OK during Operation Enduring Freedom.
Killed on August 16, 2011 in FOB LIGHTNING, AFGHANISTAN, Seals, Joshua Michael was one of the 2356 Americans the country lost in Operation Enduring Freedom.
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.
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.
Explore Further
Seals, Joshua Michael 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.
