Savard, Ryan James
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Verified U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Ryan James Savard, 29, of Sierra Vista, Arizona, was killed in hostile action in Konduz Province, Afghanistan, on October 13, 2012. He was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, United States Army
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Sergeant First Class Ryan James Savard was a 29-year-old soldier from Sierra Vista, Arizona. He served with the U.S. Army's elite Special Operations Command, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. His service included deployments to Afghanistan, the Philippines, and the Horn of Africa as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
On October 13, 2012, Savard was killed in Konduz Province in northern Afghanistan. According to U.S. Department of Defense records, his death was the result of hostile action. The province was a known area of insurgent activity during that period of the war.
Savard's death was recorded in the Defense Casualty Analysis System on the day he died. He was one of thousands of U.S. service members who lost their lives during the 13-year conflict in Afghanistan, which was formally known as Operation Enduring Freedom.
His unit, the United States Army Special Operations Command, conducts a range of specialized military missions. The circumstances of the specific engagement in which Savard died were not detailed in public casualty reports.
Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan, began in October 2001 following the September 11 attacks. The conflict concluded in December 2014, when the mission was formally redesignated as Operation Freedom's Sentinel.
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Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, concluded in December 2014 after 13 years of conflict. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
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