Shaw, Eric Byron

Eric Byron Shaw was a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army, assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, a unit of the 101st Airborne Division known as the 'No Slack' battalion. He was deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign that began in October 2001 following the September 11 attacks.

On June 27, 2010, Shaw was operating in the Ghakai Valley of Kunar Province, a rugged and restive region near the Pakistan border. The area was a known insurgent transit and staging ground, and U.S. forces conducted frequent counterinsurgency patrols there.

According to U.S. Department of Defense casualty reports, Shaw died from wounds sustained during a hostile incident. Contemporary reporting from the time indicates his unit was engaged in combat operations in the valley that day. No further specific details of the engagement were publicly released by the military.

Shaw was one of 2356 American service members who died during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, a conflict that formally concluded with the NATO combat mission's end in December 2014. His death was recorded by the Defense Department and memorialized by his unit and hometown.

Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan, began in 2001 and concluded with the end of the NATO combat mission 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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