Chin Sun Pak Wells

Inscribed

Pentagon Group Burial Marker Panel 5 CHIN SUN PAK WELLS SPC USA

National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial

National September 11 Memorial South Pool · Panel S-74

Specialist U.S. Army

What they earned

Purple HeartMeritorious Service MedalJoint Service Commendation Medal
Joint Service Achievement MedalArmy Good Conduct MedalArmy Service RibbonOverseas Service Ribbon

Also kept at

salute.nw ↗ Specialist · Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, the Pentagon

In memory of

Chin Sun Pak Wells

1976 – 2001

Born in
Tongduchun, Korea
Killed that day
September 11, 2001, aged 24
Lived in
Woodbridge, Virginia
Worked
SP4-E4, U.S. Army

Their life

Specialist, United States Army, administrative assistant to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel. Known to everyone as Sunny.

She was born at Tongduchun in Korea and the family moved to Lawton, Oklahoma when she was four; she lived there eighteen years. She was one of three children, was inducted into the National Honor Society at Eisenhower High School and played basketball and softball there, and gardened and took photographs and listened to music. She worked two years as a customer service manager at Wal-Mart before enlisting.

She joined the Army in 1998, trained at Fort Jackson, served a tour in Korea, and came to the Pentagon. She was qualified as a combat lifesaver and expert with the rifle.

She meant to leave the Army the following year and go to college to study medicine.

Survived by

Her parents Norman and Kum Wells and her brothers Chin Sok and Chin Yong.

Photographs

Arlington National Cemetery 9/11 Memorial The Pentagon Group Burial Marker, Section 64, Arlington National Cemetery The Pentagon Group Burial Marker, Section 64, Arlington National Cemetery The Pentagon Group Burial Marker, Section 64, Arlington National Cemetery The Pentagon Group Burial Marker, Section 64, Arlington National Cemetery The Pentagon Group Burial Marker, Section 64, Arlington National Cemetery
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Buried together

Buried together at Arlington, Section 64 · 48 lost together

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What people have said 1

I did not know you, but I know what was taken that day. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

S. Vincent Anthony 11 September 2026

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