Pickering, Brandon Thomas
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Verified Private First Class Brandon Thomas Pickering, 21, of Fort Thomas, Kentucky, was a U.S. Army infantryman. He died on April 10, 2011, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from wounds sustained in Afghanistan.
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Brandon Thomas Pickering was a 21-year-old soldier from Fort Thomas, Kentucky. He served as a Private First Class with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, part of the 4th Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Polk, Louisiana.
Pickering was wounded by hostile action in Afghanistan. He was subsequently evacuated to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany for treatment, where he died of his wounds on April 10, 2011. The Department of Defense did not release the specific location or details of the combat incident that caused his injuries.
His death occurred during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. In 2011, U.S. forces were engaged in a counterinsurgency strategy, facing sustained combat with Taliban and other insurgent forces, particularly in the country's eastern and southern regions.
Pickering's death was reported by the Department of Defense and noted in local Kentucky media. He was survived by his parents and other family members in the Fort Thomas area.
He is memorialized on the iCasualties.org website tracking coalition fatalities in Afghanistan and is listed on the Afghanistan War Memorial at the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery North in Williamstown, Kentucky.
Explore Further
Pfc. Pickering 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.
