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

 

 

James A. Butz

James A. Butz

Branch of Service:  United States Army

Date of Death: 28 September, 2011

Unit:  1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment

Hometown:  Porter, Ind.

Spc. James A. Butz, 21, of Porter, Ind., died Sept. 28 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device.  He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

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