Shields, Andrew Jon
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Verified On May 31, 2008, the ARMY lost PFC Shields, Andrew Jon of BATTLE GROUND, WA in JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Shields, Andrew Jon of BATTLE GROUND, WA, 19 years old, served in the ARMY with HHD, SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 173D INFANTRY, BAMBERG, GERMANY at the rank of PFC ? one of the Americans deployed to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
Killed on May 31, 2008 in JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN ? HOSTILE ?, Shields, Andrew Jon was one of the 2356 Americans the country lost in Operation Enduring Freedom.
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.
Explore Further
Shields, Andrew Jon 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.
