A 28-year-old airman serving with an Air Force Special Operations Command squadron has died in an undisclosed location and the circumstances of the death are being investigated, the Pentagon announced.
Staff Sgt. Tristen Wright, 28, of Palm Bay, Florida, died Aug. 15 in a “noncombat-related incident at an undisclosed location,” the Pentagon said in a statement over the weekend. He was with the 27th Special Operations Wing out of Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico.
An additional statement from Cannon Air Force Base said that Wright joined the service on Aug. 23, 2016, and had been assigned to the 27th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron as a materiel management specialist since 2019. Prior to that, he was with the 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan.
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Wright, according to the Pentagon, was supporting Operation Inherent Resolve — the military’s fight against the Islamic State in Iraq, Syria and Libya that has stretched on for a decade. His death is under investigation.
Novolia Wright, the airman’s mother, told Military.com in a brief phone interview Monday that she didn’t want to comment on her son’s manner of death but took a moment to remember his character and kindness.
“His legacy will continue,” Novolia Wright told Military.com. “His life spoke for itself.”
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