Scott, Brice Murrill

Private First Class Brice Murrill Scott was a cavalry scout assigned to Troop C, 4th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Riley, Kansas. The unit deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign that began in October 2001 following the attacks of September 11.

In 2011, the war in Afghanistan was in its tenth year. U.S. forces, having surged to a peak of roughly 100,000 troops the previous year, were heavily engaged in the southern province of Kandahar, a traditional Taliban stronghold. Scott's squadron operated in this region, conducting security and counterinsurgency operations.

On July 31, 2011, PFC Scott was killed during a hostile incident in Kandahar province. According to the Department of Defense, he died of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. He was 22 years old.

His death occurred during a period of intense fighting. The International Security Assistance Force reported that 66 coalition service members were killed in Afghanistan in July 2011, making it one of the deadliest months of the war for international troops.

Scott was one of 418 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan in 2011, according to Defense Department casualty data. The war would continue for more than three years after his death, concluding with the formal end of Operation Enduring Freedom in December 2014.

He is memorialized on websites honoring U.S. war dead and was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star, according to Army records.

Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan, concluded in December 2014 after 13 years of conflict. 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.

← Return to the full memorial | Add a memorial record