Lewis, Darrell Cornelius
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Verified Captain Darrell Cornelius Lewis, 31, of Washington, D.C., was a U.S. Army officer serving with the 1st Infantry Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. He died on June 23, 2007, in Vashir, Afghanistan, from hostile action.
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Darrell Cornelius Lewis was a 31-year-old captain in the United States Army, originally from Washington, D.C. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, based at Fort Riley, Kansas, and was deployed to Afghanistan as part of a military transition team.
On June 23, 2007, Captain Lewis was killed in Vashir, a district in Afghanistan's Helmand province. According to the Department of Defense, his death resulted from hostile action. Reports from the time indicate his unit was engaged in combat operations in the volatile southern region of the country.
Lewis died during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001 following the September 11 attacks. The operation's objective, as stated by the U.S. government, was to dismantle al-Qaeda and remove the Taliban regime from power. By 2007, the conflict had evolved into a protracted counterinsurgency.
The Department of Defense announced Lewis's death on June 25, 2007. His death was reported by several major news outlets, including The Washington Post, which noted he was among several service members killed in Afghanistan that week.
Captain Lewis is memorialized on the Afghanistan War Casualties memorial page and is listed on the Pentagon's official casualty roster. His service is recorded by the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley.
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Captain Lewis 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.
