Childs, Gregory Lamont
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Verified Gregory Lamont Childs was a 38-year-old Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army from Warren, Arkansas. He was killed in action on May 4, 2012, in Bagram, Afghanistan.
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Master Sergeant Gregory Lamont Childs, 38, was a career soldier from Warren, Arkansas. He was assigned to the Headquarters, Defense Logistics Agency, Administrative Support Center at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, at the time of his deployment to Afghanistan.
According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Childs died on May 4, 2012, in Bagram, Afghanistan. The official casualty report stated he was killed in action. No further specifics regarding the incident were publicly released by the Pentagon.
Childs died during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. By 2012, the conflict was in its eleventh year, with a surge of U.S. forces having been deployed in 2009-2010. The war's focus had shifted to training Afghan security forces and conducting counterinsurgency operations.
His death was reported by national news outlets, including the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, which noted his hometown. He was one of 2356 American service members who died during Operation Enduring Freedom.
Master Sergeant Childs is memorialized on the Afghanistan War Casualties list maintained by the Defense Casualty Analysis System. His name is also recorded on the Warren, Arkansas, veterans memorial.
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Gregory Lamont Childs was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001?2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.
