Mote, Sky Russell
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Verified On August 10, 2012, the MARINE CORPS lost SSGT Mote, Sky Russell of EL DORADO, CA in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 27. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Mote, Sky Russell was 27 and from EL DORADO, CA when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 1ST MSOB, CAMP PENDLETON,CA as SSGT. Operation Enduring Freedom would take his life.
August 10, 2012 ? Mote, Sky Russell died in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2012.
Operation Enduring Freedom began October 7, 2001 ? twenty-six days after September 11. It lasted 13 years, the longest armed conflict in US history, ending December 28, 2014. 2,356 Americans were killed across Afghanistan, the Philippines, and the Horn of Africa.
The MARINE CORPS classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oef.
Explore Further
Mote, Sky Russell was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (from October 2001 to December 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.
