COST OF THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN

 Casuality Status as of January 30th, 2025.  https://www.defense.gov/casualty.pdf

OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM (casualties that occurred between Oct. 7, 2001, and Dec. 31, 2014, in Afghanistan and elsewhere) :   2,354

OPERATION FREEDOM’S SENTINEL (casualties that occurred in Afghanistan after Dec. 31, 2014) :  111

 

 

Charles E. Ridgley Jr

Charles E. Ridgley Jr

Branch of Service:  United States Army

Date of Death:   16 April, 2011

Unit:  17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion

Hometown: Baltimore, Md.

Capt. Charles E. Ridgley Jr., 40, of Baltimore, Md., died April 16, at Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an Afghan National Army soldier attacked them with multiple grenades.

He was assigned to the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska.

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