Sluss-tiller, Matthew Stephen
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Verified U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Matthew Stephen Sluss-tiller, 35, of Callettsburg, Kentucky, was a member of Company B, 96th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne). He died in Timergara, Pakistan, on February 3, 2010.
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Sergeant First Class Matthew Stephen Sluss-tiller, a 35-year-old soldier from Callettsburg, Kentucky, was assigned to Company B, 96th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne), 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. His unit specialized in building relationships between military forces and local populations, a role central to the counterinsurgency strategy of Operation Enduring Freedom.
On February 3, 2010, Sluss-tiller was killed in Timergara, a town in Pakistan's Lower Dir District in the volatile Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region. The area, near the border with Afghanistan, was a known hub for militant activity. The U.S. Department of Defense listed the cause of his death as 'hostile fire.'
His death occurred during a period of escalated U.S. military engagement in Pakistan, which included training missions with Pakistani security forces and counterterrorism operations. The incident underscored the geographical reach of a conflict officially centered in Afghanistan.
Sluss-tiller was one of at least 11 U.S. service members reported killed in Pakistan in connection with Operation Enduring Freedom. His death is recorded on a casualty list that includes soldiers, sailors, and CIA contractors, reflecting the diverse and often non-frontline nature of the war's casualties.
Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan, formally concluded in December 2014. The conflict, which began in October 2001, resulted in the deaths of over 2,400 American service members.
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Operation Enduring Freedom, the conflict in which he served, concluded in December 2014 after over 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.
