Marquis, Christophe J

Christophe J. Marquis was a 40-year-old Specialist in the United States Army. He served with Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, based out of Fort Wainwright, Alaska. He was a native of Tampa, Florida.

According to U.S. Department of Defense casualty reports, Marquis died on September 4, 2011, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. He was medically evacuated there after being wounded in a hostile incident in Afghanistan. The specific details of the engagement were not publicly released by the Pentagon.

Marquis was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan. The operation began in October 2001 following the September 11 attacks and involved combat operations against Taliban and al-Qaeda forces. The war was characterized by counterinsurgency operations and sustained combat in volatile provinces.

His death was announced by the Department of Defense. He was one of several U.S. service members to die from wounds sustained in Afghanistan in early September 2011. His unit, the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, was deployed to Kandahar province at the time.

Marquis is memorialized on the Afghanistan War casualty lists maintained by the Department of Defense and on several online veterans' memorial sites. His name is inscribed on the Afghanistan War Memorial at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, honoring soldiers from the post who died in the conflict.

Marquis was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–2014). 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.

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