Tollefson, Benjamin Bryan
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Verified PFC Tollefson, Benjamin Bryan, age 22, of CONCORD, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 2DBRIGADE, SPECIAL TROOP BATTALION, FORT RILEY, KS, ? died on December 31, 2008 in BALAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
PFC Tollefson, Benjamin Bryan, 22 years old, grew up in CONCORD, CA and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with HHC, 2DBRIGADE, SPECIAL TROOP BATTALION, FORT RILEY, KS during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
December 31, 2008 ? Tollefson, Benjamin Bryan died in BALAD, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2008.
Operation Iraqi Freedom began March 19, 2003 with the US-led invasion. The stated justification ? weapons of mass destruction ? was never found. Seven years of occupation, insurgency, and sectarian war followed, killing 4,418 Americans and an estimated 200,000 Iraqi civilians.
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/oif.
Explore Further
Tollefson, Benjamin Bryan was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (from March 2003 to August 2010). The conflict concluded in August 2010. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Kennedy, Brian Matthew, Beaupre, Ryan Anthony, Gutierrez, Jose, Waters-bey, Kendall Damon.