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    82 Sky Soldiers Lost in Afghanistan: 173rd Airborne Brigade Honors Legacy of Valor and Sacrifice [Image 2 of 5]

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    82 Sky Soldiers Lost in Afghanistan: 173rd Airborne Brigade Honors Legacy of Valor and Sacrifice

    AFGHANISTAN

    05.10.2025

    Photo by Capt. Jennifer French 

    173rd Airborne Brigade

    Pfc. Juan S. Restrepo, a medic with B Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment. Killed on July 22, 2007, in the infamous Korengal Valley, his unit named an outpost in his honor—OP Restrepo. His life, loss, and the raw experience of his fellow soldiers became the focus of the award-winning documentary Restrepo, which brought global attention to the war’s brutal reality.

    Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan spanned from 2005 to 2013, with multiple deployments across that period. The 173rd Airborne Brigade, lost 82 paratroopers—young paratroopers who deployed from Europe into some of the most remote and dangerous terrain in the world, never to return.

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    Date Taken: 05.10.2025
    Date Posted: 05.10.2025 07:43
    Photo ID: 9027383
    VIRIN: 250510-A-XY121-3630
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    Location: AF

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