Owen, Kirk Avery
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Verified From SAPULPA, OK, SSG Owen, Kirk Avery served with the ARMY, HHC, 1ST BN, 279TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 45TH INFANTRY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, and died on August 2, 2011 in LAJAH D., PAKTIYA P.. He was 37. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, HHC, 1ST BN, 279TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 45TH INFANTRY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, sent Owen, Kirk Avery of SAPULPA, OK, then 37, ? SSG ? to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
He did not survive OEF. The ARMY recorded his death on August 2, 2011 in LAJAH D., PAKTIYA P., from HOSTILE.
In the final years of OEF, a surge had been deployed and drawn down. The Taliban had outlasted every strategy. The Afghan army the US built would collapse six years after OEF ended.
The ARMY 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
Owen, Kirk Avery 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.
