Walker, Laura Margaret
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Verified From EL PASO, TX, 1LT Walker, Laura Margaret served with the ARMY, HHC, 864TH ENGINEER BATTALION (TF SWORD), FORT LEWIS, WA, and died on August 18, 2005 in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN. She was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From EL PASO, TX, 1LT Walker, Laura Margaret, serving with HHC, 864TH ENGINEER BATTALION (TF SWORD), FORT LEWIS, WA, was 24 years old when she deployed with the ARMY to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
Killed on August 18, 2005 in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN ? HOSTILE ?, Walker, Laura Margaret 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 her death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. Her name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oef.
Explore Further
Walker, Laura Margaret 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.
