Mcconnell, Andrew Harron

Andrew Harron McConnell was a 24-year-old sergeant from Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He served with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, part of the 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, based at Fort Lewis, Washington.

According to the U.S. Department of Defense, McConnell died on September 14, 2009, at Kandahar Airfield (KAF) in southern Afghanistan. The Pentagon stated his death resulted from hostile action, though specific details of the incident were not widely released in initial reports.

McConnell's death occurred during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. In the summer of 2009, his Stryker brigade was deployed to Kandahar province, a Taliban stronghold and a focal point of intense counterinsurgency operations.

The Department of Defense announced his death on September 15, 2009. His family in Pennsylvania was notified, and his body was returned to the United States. No further public statements from his unit or family were widely documented in national news archives.

Sergeant McConnell is memorialized on the Afghanistan War casualty lists and by veterans' groups. His name appears on the 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division memorial and is included in the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America's casualty database.

Sergeant Andrew McConnell 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.

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