Toppen, Aaron Scott
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Verified From MOKENA, IL, PFC Toppen, Aaron Scott served with the ARMY, COMPANY D, 2ND BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH IBCT, FORT CARSON, CO, and died on June 9, 2014 in GAZA VILLAGE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From MOKENA, IL, PFC Toppen, Aaron Scott, serving with COMPANY D, 2ND BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH IBCT, FORT CARSON, CO, was 19 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
On June 9, 2014, the ARMY lost PFC Toppen, Aaron Scott in GAZA VILLAGE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 19. The ARMY recorded the cause as 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
Toppen, Aaron Scott 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.
