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Last Address Palmdale
Date of Passing Mar 17, 2007
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HOMEOPERATION IRAQI FREEDOMOPERATION ENDURING FREEDOMA CLOSER LOOK AT THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE SACRIFICE
Army Sgt. John E. Allen
Died March 17, 2007 serving during Operation Iraqi Freedom
25, of Palmdale, Calif.; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas; died March 17 in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle during combat operations. Also killed were Army Sgt. Ed Santini, Army Pfc. William N. Davis and Army Pfc. John F. Landry Jr.
If it is, then here is a link that you could use on his profile. It would help explain his death
OEF - Afghanistan/Liberation of Afghanistan (2001)
From Month/Year
October / 2001
To Month/Year
November / 2001
Description On October 7, 2001 with the beginning of punishing aerial bombardments, missile attacks and special forces commando missions against the Taliban and bin Laden's forces by the United States and the United Kingdom (the Allies). An informal alliance between the Northern Alliance and the Allies developed, with coordination between Allied air attacks and ground attacks by the Northern Alliance.
These attacks led to the fall of Kabul on Nov. 13, 2001, as the Taliban retreated from most of northern Afghanistan.
By November 25, 2001, the last Taliban/Al-Qaida stronghold in the north, Konduz, had fallen to the Northern Alliance. American and British special forces, numbering only in the hundreds, are on the ground in Afghanistan to liaison with the Northern Alliance as well as to conduct raids, ambushes and reconnaissance in order to destroy the Taliban and Al-Qaida forces.
