Spitzer, Thomas Zachary
Male
Verified In HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on June 25, 2014, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Spitzer, Thomas Zachary of NEW BRAUNFELS, TX, 23, serving with 1ST BN, 7TH MAR (MEB-A FWD), 1ST MARDIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Spitzer, Thomas Zachary was 23 and from NEW BRAUNFELS, TX when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 1ST BN, 7TH MAR (MEB-A FWD), 1ST MARDIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA as SGT. Operation Enduring Freedom would take his life.
On June 25, 2014, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Spitzer, Thomas Zachary in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 23. The MARINE CORPS recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
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 MARINE CORPS 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
Spitzer, Thomas Zachary 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.
