Smith, Tyler James
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Verified From LICKING, MO, SSG Smith, Tyler James served with the ARMY, HHC, 2ND BATTALION, 508TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT BRAGG, NC, and died on April 3, 2012 in MAIWAND, AFGHANISTAN. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, HHC, 2ND BATTALION, 508TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT BRAGG, NC, sent Smith, Tyler James of LICKING, MO, then 24, ? SSG ? to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
He did not survive OEF. The ARMY recorded his death on April 3, 2012 in MAIWAND, AFGHANISTAN, from HOSTILE.
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 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, Tyler James 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.
