Posted on Aug 14, 2016
Soldier dies from noncombat injury in Afghanistan
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Staff Sgt. Christopher A. Wilbur, 36, died Friday in Kandahar, Afghanistan, from a noncombat-related injury, the Defense Department announced today.
Wilbur was assigned to 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, in Fort Carson, Colorado.
He was deployed to Afghanistan to support Operation Freedom's Sentinel.
His hometown was listed as Granite City, Illinois.
Wilbur's death is under investigation, DoD said in its announcement. The announcement did not give a cause of death.
Wilbur was assigned to 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, in Fort Carson, Colorado.
He was deployed to Afghanistan to support Operation Freedom's Sentinel.
His hometown was listed as Granite City, Illinois.
Wilbur's death is under investigation, DoD said in its announcement. The announcement did not give a cause of death.
Soldier dies from noncombat injury in Afghanistan
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I read the news that Staff Sgt. Christopher A. Wilbur had died in a DoD News email SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL. Each death is tragic. I recognize that DoD does not mention the name of a deceased service member or family member until the appropriate people have been notified officially.
I was maintaining a database of every service member killed in OEF and the added OIF and then added operations after that. I still get the emails from DoD and one day I expect to go back to updating and verifying the information. It is draining working on a database like that as you can well imagine.
Prayers for the family and friends of SSG Christopher A. Wilbur and I pray for swift resolution f the investigation into his death.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell CW5 Charlie Poulton CW5 (Join to see) SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SFC William Farrell SSgt (Join to see) SSgt Robert Marx TSgt Joe C. SGT (Join to see) SGT Robert Hawks SGT Robert George SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT Forrest Stewart SP5 Mark Kuzinski SrA Christopher Wright SPC (Join to see)
I was maintaining a database of every service member killed in OEF and the added OIF and then added operations after that. I still get the emails from DoD and one day I expect to go back to updating and verifying the information. It is draining working on a database like that as you can well imagine.
Prayers for the family and friends of SSG Christopher A. Wilbur and I pray for swift resolution f the investigation into his death.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell CW5 Charlie Poulton CW5 (Join to see) SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SFC William Farrell SSgt (Join to see) SSgt Robert Marx TSgt Joe C. SGT (Join to see) SGT Robert Hawks SGT Robert George SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT Forrest Stewart SP5 Mark Kuzinski SrA Christopher Wright SPC (Join to see)
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Yes dying in the service of one's country is clearly inferior to causing the soldiers of one's enemy to die in the service of their country.
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