Dickmyer, Adam Lynn
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Verified Staff Sergeant Adam Lynn Dickmyer, 26, was a U.S. Army soldier from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He died on October 28, 2010, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
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Adam Lynn Dickmyer was born on October 18, 1984, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Before his deployment to Afghanistan, he had served on military assignments in the Philippines and the Horn of Africa.
On October 28, 2010, Dickmyer was on patrol in Kandahar province, a major center of insurgent activity in southern Afghanistan. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, he was killed by the detonation of an improvised explosive device (IED). He was 26 years old.
Dickmyer’s death occurred during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. In 2010, the war was in its ninth year, and Kandahar province was the focus of a major coalition offensive aimed at disrupting Taliban strongholds. Casualties from IEDs were a persistent feature of the conflict.
His death was reported by the Department of Defense and noted in national and local news outlets. He was posthumously promoted from Sergeant to Staff Sergeant. His body was returned to the United States, and he was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
Dickmyer is memorialized on a plaque at the North Carolina Veterans Park in Fayetteville. His name is also inscribed on Panel 2E, Row 117 of the Afghanistan War Memorial at the park, according to state records.
Explore Further
Staff Sergeant Adam Lynn Dickmyer was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–2014). 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.
