Whitmire, Justin Michael
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Verified At 20, PFC Whitmire, Justin Michael of EASLEY, SC was serving with the ARMY, HHD, 720TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, 89TH MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE, FORT HOOD, TX, when he died in GARDEZ, AFGHANISTAN on December 27, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, HHD, 720TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, 89TH MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE, FORT HOOD, TX, sent Whitmire, Justin Michael of EASLEY, SC, then 20, ? PFC ? to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
December 27, 2011 ? Whitmire, Justin Michael died in GARDEZ, AFGHANISTAN, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2011.
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 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
Whitmire, Justin Michael 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.
