Silk, Brandon Mark

Also known as: SSG, COMPANY C, 5TH BN, 101ST AVN REGIMENT, 101ST CAB, 101ST AD, FORT CAMPBELL, KY

Combatant

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DiedJune 21, 2010

Age25 years old

Location of DeathGAZA RIDGE, AFGHANISTAN

Cause of DeathKilled in action

Conflict Operation Enduring Freedom

On June 21, 2010, the ARMY lost SSG Silk, Brandon Mark of ORONO, ME in GAZA RIDGE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 25.

Their Story

Silk, Brandon Mark of ORONO, ME, 25 years old, served in the ARMY with COMPANY C, 5TH BN, 101ST AVN REGIMENT, 101ST CAB, 101ST AD, FORT CAMPBELL, KY at the rank of SSG ? one of the Americans deployed to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.

Killed on June 21, 2010 in GAZA RIDGE, AFGHANISTAN, Silk, Brandon Mark 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.

ORONO, ME is where Silk, Brandon Mark came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Silk, Brandon Mark 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.

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