Ward, Christopher Michael
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Verified At 24, SSG Ward, Christopher Michael of OAK RIDGE, TN was serving with the ARMY, TROOP A, 5TH SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, 1ST BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, when he died in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN on April 6, 2013. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SSG Ward, Christopher Michael, from OAK RIDGE, TN, at age 24, with TROOP A, 5TH SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, 1ST BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, he went to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa with the ARMY. He did not come home.
April 6, 2013 ? Ward, Christopher Michael died in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2013.
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
Ward, Christopher Michael 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.
