SSG Justin C. Marquez

6 October 2012, Afghanistan

Special Forces

A native of Aberdeen, North Carolina, Staff Sergeant Justin C. Marquez died 6 October 2012, of wounds sustained from enemy small arms fire while his unit was conducting combat operations in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM.

Marquez enlisted in the Army as an Infantryman in January 2009. After completing his Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Benning, Georgia, he was assigned to the 1st Special Warfare Training Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

SSG Marquez graduated from the Special Forces Qualification Course in February 2011 and was assigned as a Special Forces Communications Sergeant to 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where he served until his death.