Williams, Wesley Ross
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Verified On December 10, 2012, the ARMY lost SSG Williams, Wesley Ross of NEW CARLISLE, OH in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN. He was 25. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Williams, Wesley Ross of NEW CARLISLE, OH, 25 years old, served in the ARMY with COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 38TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH SBCT, JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA at the rank of SSG ? one of the Americans deployed to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
On December 10, 2012, the ARMY lost SSG Williams, Wesley Ross in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN. He was 25. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
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
Williams, Wesley Ross 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.
