Sudbury Honors Local Army Hero

At its July 30 meeting, the Sudbury Board of Selectmen honored resident CPT Kristen Walls with a proclamation, making Aug. 2 Kristen Walls Day.

Walls arrived home after spending 11 ½ months in Kosovo. She served with the US Army and NATO forces in support of Operation Joint Guardian/KFOR (Kosovo Force) 16. 

During the course of her deployment, CPT Walls served with the 218th Movement Enhancement Brigade as the S2 Analysis and Control Element (ACE), Intelligence Fusion Element Officer in Charge. CPT Walls directed and supervised the planning, evaluation, fusion, analysis, production, and dissemination of all ACE products presented to the Brigade Commander and staff. 

For her meritorious service she was awarded the Army Commendation Medal. She also received the Kosovo Campaign Medal, NATO Medal, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Overseas Service Ribbon.

Walls is a 2005 graduate of Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School and a 2009 graduate of Western New England University.