Sherer, Jeffrey Chul Soon

Sergeant Jeffrey Chul Soon Sherer deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. He served with the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, a unit operating in the volatile Zabul province, where the city of Qalat is located. The area was a known insurgent stronghold.

On June 2, 2011, Sherer was at a forward operating base designated as Qalat Role III. According to U.S. military reports, the base came under enemy fire. Sherer was killed during this hostile engagement. He was 29 years old.

Sherer was a veteran soldier whose service included deployments to the Philippines and the Horn of Africa prior to his assignment in Afghanistan. His unit, part of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, was engaged in counterinsurgency operations aimed at stabilizing the region.

His death was recorded by the Department of Defense and reported by several news outlets. He was one of more than 1,700 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan in 2011, the deadliest year of the war for coalition forces.

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 ended and transitioned to a training and support role.

Sherer is memorialized on military casualty lists and by veterans' organizations. His hometown of Four Oaks, North Carolina, remembers him as a local soldier lost in a distant conflict.

Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan, concluded in December 2014 after over 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