Singh, Gurpreet

Gurpreet Singh was a 21-year-old Marine corporal from Antelope, California. He served with 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, a unit based at Camp Pendleton that deployed as part of Regimental Combat Team 8 under II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward). His unit was operating in Helmand province, a region in southern Afghanistan that saw intense combat during the war.

On June 22, 2011, Corporal Singh was killed during operations in Helmand. The U.S. Department of Defense announced his death the following day, stating he died of wounds sustained while conducting combat operations. His battalion was engaged in counterinsurgency efforts in one of Afghanistan's most volatile areas at the time.

Singh's death occurred during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. By mid-2011, international forces were heavily engaged in the Helmand River Valley, a Taliban stronghold and center of opium production. The mission aimed to secure population centers and train Afghan forces.

Corporal Singh was one of 418 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan in 2011, the deadliest year of the war for American forces. His unit, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, sustained multiple casualties during its deployment. The conflict in which he fought, Operation Enduring Freedom, formally concluded in December 2014.

His death was recorded by the Marine Corps and is listed on memorial rolls, including the Pentagon's casualty lists and the online 'Faces of the Fallen' archive. He is remembered among the thousands of service members who died during the war's most intense period.

Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan in which Corporal Singh served, concluded 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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