Pelky, Phyllis Joy
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Verified Major Phyllis Joy Pelky, 45, was a United States Air Force officer assigned to the Air Force Academy. She died in a non-combat vehicle incident in Kabul, Afghanistan, on October 11, 2015.
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Major Phyllis Joy Pelky was a 45-year-old officer in the United States Air Force. A resident of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, she was assigned to the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the time of her deployment.
Pelky died on October 11, 2015, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The Department of Defense stated her death resulted from a non-combat related vehicle incident at Camp Integrity, a NATO special operations compound in the Afghan capital.
Her death occurred during Operation Freedom's Sentinel, the U.S. mission that began in January 2015 following the conclusion of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) combat mission. The operation focused on training, advising, and assisting Afghan forces and conducting counter-terrorism missions.
The Air Force notified her next of kin. Her death was reported by multiple U.S. news outlets, including the Albuquerque Journal, which noted she was from the paper's readership area.
Public records indicate she was interred at Santa Fe National Cemetery in New Mexico. No specific awards or memorials dedicated solely to her were widely documented in major news archives.
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Major Phyllis Joy Pelky was killed during Operation Freedom's Sentinel (ongoing since 2015). See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Sanchez, Maria Victoria, Dawson, John Michael, Ruiz, Pablo Allende Iii, Mckenna, Peter Andrew Jr.
