Walkup, Thomas Alva Jr
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Verified On November 23, 2003, the AIR FORCE lost SSGT Walkup, Thomas Alva Jr of MILLVILLE, NJ in Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa. He was 25. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Walkup, Thomas Alva Jr of MILLVILLE, NJ, 25 years old, served in the AIR FORCE with 20TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS SQUADRON, HURLBURT FIELD, FL at the rank of SSGT ? one of the Americans deployed to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
He did not survive OEF. The AIR FORCE recorded his death on November 23, 2003 in Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa, from HOSTILE.
In the early years of OEF, the Taliban had been driven from power but not destroyed. They retreated and waited. American forces were establishing bases across a country with no roads, no institutions, and deep ethnic fault lines.
The AIR FORCE 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
Walkup, Thomas Alva Jr 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.
