Service:  ARMY
Component:  ACTIVE DUTY
Name:  BACKUS, BRIAN JOHN
Rank:  PFC
Pay Grade:  E03
Date of Death:  2011/06/18
Age:  21
Gender:  MALE
Home of Record City:  SAGINAW TOWNSHIP
Home of Record State:  MI
Home of Record Country:  US
Unit:  HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 2ND BATTALION, 87TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3RD BCT, FORT DRUM, NY
Incident Geographic Code:  AF
Casualty Geographic Code:  AF
Casualty Country:  AFGHANISTAN
City of Loss:  KANDAHAR AIR FIELD