Strickland, Joshua Jacob
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Verified SGT Strickland, Joshua Jacob, 23, a native of WOODSTOCK, GA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, GROUP SERVICE SUPPORT COMPANY, GROUP SUPPORT BN, 1ST SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (A), JBLM, WA, during Operation Enduring Freedom on September 21, 2013. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, GROUP SERVICE SUPPORT COMPANY, GROUP SUPPORT BN, 1ST SPECIAL FORCES GROUP (A), JBLM, WA, sent Strickland, Joshua Jacob of WOODSTOCK, GA, then 23, ? SGT ? to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
On September 21, 2013, the ARMY lost SGT Strickland, Joshua Jacob in PAKTIA PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 23. The ARMY 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 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
Strickland, Joshua Jacob 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.
