Simonetta, Derek Todd
From REDWOOD CITY, CA, CPL Simonetta, Derek Todd served with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 502D INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, and died on December 12, 2010 in HOWZ E MADAD, AFGHANISTAN. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 502D INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY ? serving as CPL, Simonetta, Derek Todd was 21 and came from REDWOOD CITY, CA.
Killed on December 12, 2010 in HOWZ E MADAD, AFGHANISTAN ? HOSTILE ?, Simonetta, Derek Todd 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.
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Simonetta, Derek Todd 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.