Ponder, James Williams Iii
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Verified At 36, MSG Ponder, James Williams Iii of FRANKLIN, TN was serving with the ARMY, HHC, 160TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS AVIATION REGIMENT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, when he died in ASADABAD, AFGHANISTAN on June 28, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From FRANKLIN, TN, MSG Ponder, James Williams Iii, serving with HHC, 160TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS AVIATION REGIMENT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, was 36 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
Killed on June 28, 2005 in ASADABAD, AFGHANISTAN ? HOSTILE ?, Ponder, James Williams Iii was one of the 2356 Americans the country lost in Operation Enduring Freedom.
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 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
Ponder, James Williams Iii 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.
