Torbert, Eric Michael Jr
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Verified Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 1ST CEB, (I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, CPL Torbert, Eric Michael Jr of LANCASTER, PA, 25, died in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on December 18, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From LANCASTER, PA, CPL Torbert, Eric Michael Jr, serving with 1ST CEB, (I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, was 25 years old when he deployed with the MARINE CORPS to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
He did not survive OEF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on December 18, 2010 in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN, from 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 MARINE CORPS 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
Torbert, Eric Michael 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.
