Stansbery, Michael Lane Jr
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Verified From MOUNT JULIET, TN, SPC Stansbery, Michael Lane Jr served with the ARMY, HHB, 1ST BATTALION, 320TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT, 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, and died on July 30, 2010 in SM DID NOT DIE IN A CITY, AFGHANISTAN. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SPC Stansbery, Michael Lane Jr, from MOUNT JULIET, TN, at age 21, with HHB, 1ST BATTALION, 320TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT, 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, he went to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa with the ARMY. He did not come home.
He did not survive OEF. The ARMY recorded his death on July 30, 2010 in SM DID NOT DIE IN A CITY, 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
Stansbery, Michael Lane Jr 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.
