Career
Broomfield is likely the first United States. citizen to die fighting alongside Kurds in Syrian Civil War. Keith Broomfield was born in 1979 in Westminster, Massachusetts to Tom and Donna Broomfield. He has been working as the production manager for the family"s manufacturing firm Broomfield Laboratories in Bolton, Massachusetts.
After a motorcycle accident and rediscovering his faith, Broomfield told his father he was called to fight in Syria.
He joined the YPG on February 24, 2015 under the nom de guerre Gelhat Raman.