Specialist U.S. Army
What they earned
Also kept at
salute.nw ↗ Specialist ยท Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, the PentagonIn memory of
Chin Sun Pak Wells
1976 – 2001 Today would have been the birthday. A white rose is at the name.
- Born in
- Tongduchun, Korea
- Killed that day
- September 11, 2001, aged 24
- Lived in
- Woodbridge, Virginia
- Worked
- SP4-E4, U.S. Army
- Held on
- September 11, 2001 · The Pentagon
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
Buried together
Buried together at Arlington, Section 64 · 48 lost together
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