Voss, Paul Kenneth
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Verified U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Paul Kenneth Voss, 46, of Yigo, Guam, was killed in action on January 27, 2020, in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, while serving with Headquarters Air Combat Command.
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Paul Kenneth Voss was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force, serving with Headquarters Air Combat Command (A3) at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia. He was 46 years old and a native of Yigo, Guam.
On January 27, 2020, Lt. Col. Voss died in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, he was killed while supporting Operation Freedom's Sentinel. The official casualty report listed his death as a result of hostile action.
Voss died during Operation Freedom's Sentinel, the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan that succeeded Operation Enduring Freedom in 2015. By early 2020, U.S. troop levels in the country had been reduced to under 5,000, but combat operations against militant groups, including the Islamic State's regional affiliate ISIS-Khorasan (ISIS-K), continued. Ghazni Province was an area of persistent insurgent activity.
The Department of Defense announced Voss's death in a press release on January 29, 2020. His name was entered into the Defense Casualty Analysis System on the day he died. No specific public statements from family or unit members were widely documented in national news reports at the time.
Lt. Col. Voss is memorialized on the U.S. Department of Defense casualty list for Operation Freedom's Sentinel. His service record indicates a career dedicated to the Air Force, culminating in a senior staff role within Air Combat Command.
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Lt. Col. Paul Voss was killed during Operation Freedom's Sentinel (ongoing since 2015). See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Golden, Jonathan Joseph, Sanchez, Maria Victoria, Dawson, John Michael, Ruiz, Pablo Allende Iii.
