Young, Mitchell Wayne
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Verified B CO, 1ST BATTALION, 7TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, ARMY ? MSG Young, Mitchell Wayne (JONESBORO, GA), age 39, ? died in KAJAKI SOFLA, AFGHANISTAN on July 13, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Young, Mitchell Wayne of JONESBORO, GA, 39 years old, served in the ARMY with B CO, 1ST BATTALION, 7TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP at the rank of MSG ? one of the Americans deployed to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
July 13, 2008 ? Young, Mitchell Wayne died in KAJAKI SOFLA, AFGHANISTAN, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2008.
By the mid-period of OEF, the Taliban had rebuilt. IED attacks were climbing every year. Deaths were rising.
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
Young, Mitchell Wayne 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.
