Brian John Backus
Died: June 18, 2011
Rank: Private First Class
Unit: 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y.
Branch: U.S. Army
Operation Enduring Freedom. Private First Class Brian J. Backus, 21, of Saginaw Township, Michigan, died June 18, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire. He was from Saginaw Township, Mich.
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