Smith, David Cazzie
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Verified From EIGHT MILE, AL, SSGT Smith, David Cazzie served with the AIR FORCE, 66TH RESCUE SQUADRON, NELLIS AFB, NV, and died on June 9, 2010 in NEAR FOB JACKSON, AFGHANISTAN. He was 26. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From EIGHT MILE, AL, SSGT Smith, David Cazzie, serving with 66TH RESCUE SQUADRON, NELLIS AFB, NV, was 26 years old when he deployed with the AIR FORCE to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
On June 9, 2010, he died in NEAR FOB JACKSON, AFGHANISTAN ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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 AIR FORCE 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
Smith, David Cazzie 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.
