Vandreumel, Joseph Andrew
CPL Vandreumel, Joseph Andrew, 32, a native of GRAND RAPIDS, MI, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 2ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 172 IBCT, GRAFENWOEHR, GERMANY, during Operation Enduring Freedom on August 14, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as CPL Vandreumel, Joseph Andrew, from GRAND RAPIDS, MI, at age 32, with COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 2ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 172 IBCT, GRAFENWOEHR, GERMANY, he went to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa with the ARMY. He did not come home.
On August 14, 2011, he died in YAHYA KHEL D, PAKTIKA P. ? 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Enduring Freedom. Date of death: August 14, 2011. Hometown: GRAND RAPIDS, MI.
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Vandreumel, Joseph Andrew 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.