Rusk, Colton Wesley
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Verified On December 6, 2010, the MARINE CORPS lost PFC Rusk, Colton Wesley of ORANGE GROVE, TX in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Rusk, Colton Wesley was 20 and from ORANGE GROVE, TX when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 3D BN 5TH MAR, (RCT-2, I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA as PFC. Operation Enduring Freedom would take his life.
He did not survive OEF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on December 6, 2010 in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN, 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Enduring Freedom. Date of death: December 6, 2010. Hometown: ORANGE GROVE, TX.
Explore Further
Rusk, Colton Wesley 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.
