Sitton, Christopher Franklin

Corporal Christopher Franklin Sitton was a 21-year-old soldier from Montrose, Colorado, assigned to the 710th Combat Support Battalion, a unit based at Fort Drum, New York, that deployed as part of Task Force Spartan. His battalion provided critical logistical and support functions for combat operations in eastern Afghanistan.

Sitton died on August 19, 2006, in Konar province, a rugged, mountainous region along the border with Pakistan. The area was a known insurgent stronghold and a focal point for U.S. military operations during that period of the war.

By 2006, Operation Enduring Freedom was in its fifth year. The Taliban insurgency had regrouped and intensified its campaign, leading to a sharp increase in the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and direct attacks against coalition forces. U.S. casualty figures for that year were reportedly the highest since the initial invasion in 2001.

The specific circumstances of Corporal Sitton's death were recorded by the U.S. Department of Defense as resulting from hostile action. No further details of the engagement were released in official announcements from the time.

His death was one of 98 U.S. military fatalities in Afghanistan for the year 2006, according to publicly available casualty databases. The conflict, which began in October 2001, would continue for another eight years after his death.

Corporal Sitton is memorialized on the Afghanistan War casualty rolls and by veterans' organizations from his home state of Colorado.

Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, began in 2001 and concluded with the transition to Operation Freedom's Sentinel 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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