Wells, Mark Christopher
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Verified In CAMP BASTION, AFGHANISTAN on March 5, 2011, the ARMY lost SSG Wells, Mark Christopher of SAN JOSE, CA, 31, serving with 74TH ORD CO (EOD), 303RD ORD BN (EOD), 45TH SUSTAINMENT BDE, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From SAN JOSE, CA, SSG Wells, Mark Christopher, serving with 74TH ORD CO (EOD), 303RD ORD BN (EOD), 45TH SUSTAINMENT BDE, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, was 31 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
Killed on March 5, 2011 in CAMP BASTION, AFGHANISTAN ? HOSTILE ?, Wells, Mark Christopher was one of the 2356 Americans the country lost in Operation Enduring Freedom.
In the final years of OEF, a surge had been deployed and drawn down. The Taliban had outlasted every strategy. The Afghan army the US built would collapse six years after OEF ended.
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
Wells, Mark Christopher 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.
