Whitaker, Joshua Robert
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Verified In QALAT, AFGHANISTAN on May 15, 2007, the ARMY lost SSG Whitaker, Joshua Robert of LONG BEACH, CA, 23, serving with COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 7TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, FORT BRAGG, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.
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Whitaker, Joshua Robert was 23 and from LONG BEACH, CA when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 7TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, FORT BRAGG, NC as SSG. Operation Enduring Freedom would take his life.
On May 15, 2007, the ARMY lost SSG Whitaker, Joshua Robert in QALAT, 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Enduring Freedom. Date of death: May 15, 2007. Hometown: LONG BEACH, CA.
Explore Further
Whitaker, Joshua Robert 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.
