Wilks, Kyle Weston
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Verified On April 15, 2008, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Wilks, Kyle Weston of ROGERS, AR in KANDAHAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The MARINE CORPS, CLB-24, (24TH MEU), CLR-27, 2D MLG, II MEF, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, sent Wilks, Kyle Weston of ROGERS, AR, then 24, ? CPL ? to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
On April 15, 2008, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Wilks, Kyle Weston in KANDAHAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 24. The MARINE CORPS recorded the cause as 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 MARINE CORPS 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.
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Wilks, Kyle Weston 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.
