Spaulding, Riley Sheridan
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Verified Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 2ND SQUADRON, 2ND STRYKER CAVALRY REGIMENT, VILSECK, GERMANY, SPC Spaulding, Riley Sheridan of SHERIDAN, TX, 21, died in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN on May 4, 2011.
Their Story
The ARMY, COMPANY C, 2ND SQUADRON, 2ND STRYKER CAVALRY REGIMENT, VILSECK, GERMANY, sent Spaulding, Riley Sheridan of SHERIDAN, TX, then 21, ? SPC ? to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
May 4, 2011 ? Spaulding, Riley Sheridan died in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2011.
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 recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oef.
Explore Further
Spaulding, Riley Sheridan 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.
