Simpson, Michael Harrison
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Verified Staff Sgt. Michael Harrison Simpson, 30, of San Antonio, Texas, served with Company C, 4th Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) during Operation Enduring Freedom. He died on May 1, 2013, in Landstuhl, Germany, from wounds sustaine
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Staff Sgt. Michael Harrison Simpson was a 30-year-old Special Forces soldier from San Antonio, Texas. He was assigned to Company C, 4th Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state.
According to U.S. Department of Defense casualty reports, Simpson was wounded during a combat operation in Afghanistan in late April 2013. The specific location and details of the engagement were not publicly disclosed by the military.
He was evacuated from Afghanistan for advanced medical care at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, a major U.S. military hospital treating wounded personnel from combat zones. Simpson died of his wounds there on May 1, 2013.
His death was recorded as a hostile casualty of Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. Simpson was one of 2,356 American service members who died during that operation, which concluded in December 2014.
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Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan, concluded in December 2014 after 13 years. 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.
