Wessel, Kevin Scott Kana

Kevin Scott Kana Wessel was a 20-year-old specialist in the United States Army. He was assigned to Company A, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, based at Fort Stewart, Georgia, and deployed as part of Task Force Baghdad.

On April 19, 2005, Wessel was killed in Baghdad. According to the Department of Defense, he died from hostile fire. Specific details of the engagement were not widely reported in national news archives.

His death occurred during a period of intense and escalating violence in the Iraq War, known as Operation Iraqi Freedom. The conflict, which began with the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, saw a significant rise in insurgent attacks and sectarian conflict throughout 2005 and the following years.

Wessel's death was officially confirmed by the Department of Defense. He was one of at least 58 U.S. service members killed in Iraq during the month of April 2005, according to casualty records.

He is remembered on memorial walls in his home state of Oregon and is listed among the war's fallen on national memorial registries. His name appears on the Iraq War Memorial at the Oregon Vietnam Veterans Living Memorial in Portland.

Kevin Wessel was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003–2010). The conflict concluded in August 2010. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Kennedy, Brian Matthew, Beaupre, Ryan Anthony, Gutierrez, Jose, Waters-bey, Kendall Damon.

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