Smith, Stefan Marc
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Verified U.S. Army Sergeant Stefan Marc Smith, 24, of Glennville, Georgia, was assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Fort Stewart. He died on July 23, 2013, in Soltan Kheyl, Afghanistan, of w
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Sergeant Stefan Marc Smith was a soldier in the United States Army's 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, part of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Stewart, Georgia. His unit, Company B, deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign that began in October 2001.
On July 23, 2013, Smith was killed in the village of Soltan Kheyl, located in Afghanistan's Paktika province. The Department of Defense stated his death resulted from wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. The attack occurred during a period of sustained combat operations in the volatile eastern region near the Pakistan border.
Smith, a native of Glennville, Georgia, was 24 years old at the time of his death. He had previously served on deployments to the Philippines and the Horn of Africa, according to official records. His death was recorded in the Defense Casualty Analysis System on the day it occurred.
Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan formally concluded in December 2014, transitioning to the follow-on mission Operation Freedom's Sentinel. Sergeant Smith's death is one of more than 2,300 U.S. military fatalities documented during the 13-year campaign. His unit, the 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, sustained multiple casualties throughout its deployment in support of the war.
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Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S. war in Afghanistan, concluded in December 2014 after 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.
