Steele, Timothy James
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Verified From DUXBURY, MA, 1LT Steele, Timothy James served with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 2ND BATTALION, 87TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3RD BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT DRUM, NY, and died on August 23, 2011 in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN. He was 25. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? COMPANY B, 2ND BATTALION, 87TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3RD BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT DRUM, NY ? serving as 1LT, Steele, Timothy James was 25 and came from DUXBURY, MA.
On August 23, 2011, he died in KANDAHAR, 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 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
Steele, Timothy 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.
