Winters, Leston Michael
From SOUR LAKE, TX, SSG Winters, Leston Michael served with the ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 502ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, and died on July 15, 2010 in ZHARI DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN. He was 30. Cause: HOSTILE.
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SSG Winters, Leston Michael, 30 years old, grew up in SOUR LAKE, TX and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 502ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT CAMPBELL, KY during Operation Enduring Freedom.
He did not survive OEF. The ARMY recorded his death on July 15, 2010 in ZHARI DISTRICT, AFGHANISTAN, from 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Enduring Freedom. Date of death: July 15, 2010. Hometown: SOUR LAKE, TX.
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Winters, Leston Michael 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.