Staff Sgt. Mark Alan Stets
Born: Jan. 4, 1971
Died: February 3, 2010 in Timagara, Pakistan
Staff Sgt Mark Alan Stets, Jr. of Virginia Beach, Virginia graduated from Cox High School. He briefly served in the Navy before joining the Army. Two decades after the change in branches, he was part of a Psychological Operations detachment out of Fort Bragg, NC that was serving in Pakistan. The staff sergeant was returning from a mission outside of Islamabad when someone detonated a roadside bomb using a remote control. Mark was among those killed. He was part of a psychological operations detachment that was serving in Pakistan, a small group of American soldiers training local forces to fight the Taliban and al-Qaida. Mark was married and the father of three daughters.
Army
8th Psychological Operations Battalion (Airborne)
4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne)
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia
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