Freedom Remembered

Born: January 31, 2024
Died: August 19, 2024 in Pech, Afghanistan

Spc. Christopher S. Wright of Tollesboro, Kentucky is a 2005 graduate of Lewis County High School. He enlisted in the United States Army in June of 2005 and completed One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning as an infantryman. Upon graduating from the Basic Airborne Course, he served as a rifleman assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, Wash., and later was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Armor Calvary Regiment, Vilseck, Germany. In 2009, Chris was assigned to the Ranger Assessment and Selection Program at Fort Benning, Ga. Following graduation from the Ranger Assessment and Selection Program, he was assigned to Company C in June 2009 where he served as a rifleman and a squad automatic weapons gunner. His military education included the Basic Airborne Course, the Ranger Assessment and Selection Program, and the Sniper Course. His Awards and Decorations include, the Army Commendation Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal with combat start, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and Army Service Ribbon. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal and Purple Heart. He leaves his father and stepmother, James Cochran and Michele Cochran, and his mother, Linda Dennis, three brothers, Zachary Pope, Zane Pope and Andrew Dennis, and his sister, Mary Ann Dennis. He died at age 23 in Pech, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire.
Army
1st Battalion
75th Ranger Regiment
Hunter Army Air Field, Georgia

Burial is at East Fork Cemetery in Vanceburg, Kentucky

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