Wells, Wesley Robert
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Verified In SALERNO, AFGHANISTAN on September 20, 2004, the ARMY lost SPC Wells, Wesley Robert of LIBERTYVILLE, IL, 21, serving with A CO, 2D BN, 27TH INFANTRY, 25TH INFANTRY DIV, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI 96857. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Wells, Wesley Robert of LIBERTYVILLE, IL, 21 years old, served in the ARMY with A CO, 2D BN, 27TH INFANTRY, 25TH INFANTRY DIV, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI 96857 at the rank of SPC ? one of the Americans deployed to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
On September 20, 2004, the ARMY lost SPC Wells, Wesley Robert in SALERNO, AFGHANISTAN. He was 21. The ARMY recorded the cause as 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 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, Wesley Robert 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.
