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Operation Allies Refuge was a United States military operation to airlift from the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul Afghanistan certain at-risk Afghan civilians, U.S. embassy employees, and other prospective Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants.
At least 182 people were killed during a suicide bombing attack by Islamic State militant at the airport on August 26, 2021. Thirteen US service members (eleven marines, one soldier, and one Navy corpsman) were among the dead.
Operation Freedom’s Sentinel (OFS) began on December 28, 2014 immediately following the conclusion of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). The mission is designed to preserve the gains the United States and their allies made during OEF.
Unified Combatant Command (UCC) is composed of forces from at least two Military Departments and has a broad and continuing mission. They are organized either on a geographical basis (known as "area of responsibility", AOR) or on a functional basis, such as special operations, power projection, or transport.
The United States sent Army troops to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1955 to 1975 to help South Vietnam fight the Vietcong rebels and communist North Vietnamese invading their country. Those listed here were Killed In Action during this conflict.
A private military contractor (PMC) provides armed combat or security services which are typically similar to those of governmental security or military forces.
If you know someone working for a private department of defense contractor who was lost supporting U.S. troops and should be added to this page, please complete a Special Recognition Form. After the request is reviewed, they will be listed in this section and given their own page. This will enable you to share the link with friends and family so they may also order a memorial product engraved with the custom message you created.
In the early morning of October 23, 1983, two suicide bombers drove trucks into the lobby of a building serving as the Marine barracks in Beirut Lebanon and detonated their explosives. The force of the explosion killed 241 American servicemen: 220 Marines, 18 Navy personnel and 3 Army soldiers. 
October 7, 2001, the United States and its allies began Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), also known as the War in Afghanistan. The purpose of sending military troops was to conduct strikes against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
Operation Gothic Serpent was a military operation in Somalia, African. On October 3, 1993, the task force arrested two Somali militia leaders. While leaving, Somali fighters quickly surrounded the military convoy. During the battle, two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down and 18 U.S. soldiers were killed. The mission is now known as the Battle of Mogadishu, or The Battle of the Black Sea, and the battle was depicted in the movie Black Hawk Down.
Iraq invaded Kuwait on August 2, 1990. For this act, the United Nations declared war on Iraq. From January 16 - February 27, 1991 the Persian Gulf War, also know as Operation Desert Storm, was fought. 148 US military soldiers died liberating Kuwait.
On August 8, 2014, the U.S. military started an intervention against ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) in Iraq and Syria. The goal of Operation Inherent Resolve is to keep this Sunni extremist group from committing additional human rights violations and gaining control of additional territory.
On March 20, 2003 the United States military entered Iraqi to disarm the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein and began helping the Iraqi people form their own government. Named Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) by the US Military, this action was also known as the Iraq War. During the seven and a half years, 3,502 American service members were Killed in Action (KIA).
On June 25, 1996, terrorists exploded a sewage truck next to the Khobar Towers housing complex in the city of Khobar, Saudi Arabia. The eight-story building was housing foreign military personnel. In the blast, 19 U.S. Air Force airmen and 1 Saudi were killed.
On September 1, 2010, the name of the U.S. Military operation in Iraq was changed from Operation Iraqi Freedom to Operation New Dawn to mark the end of the combat mission in Iraq. All the U.S. troops were withdrawn at the end of 2011, but while they were there, 66 soldiers were Killed In Action (KIA).
On October 12, 2000, a bomb tore through the hull of the USS Cole while the destroyer was refueling in the port of Aden, Yemen. 17 sailors were killed and 39 serving in the United States Navy were injured.
