Waters, James Allen
From CLOVERDALE, IN, SPC Waters, James Allen served with the ARMY, COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 32ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY, and died on July 1, 2011 in SARTAK, AFGHANISTAN. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
SPC Waters, James Allen, 21 years old, grew up in CLOVERDALE, IN and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 32ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY during Operation Enduring Freedom.
He did not survive OEF. The ARMY recorded his death on July 1, 2011 in SARTAK, AFGHANISTAN, from HOSTILE.
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
Waters, James Allen 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.