Lance Coporal Christopher Harkett, aged 22, from C Company, The 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Regiment (The Royal Regiment of Wales) died on the morning of Saturday 14 March 2009 as a result of wounds sustained from an explosion while conducting a foot patrol south of Musa Qala District Centre, Northern Helmand. He received immediate medical attention from the medics within his team but died at the scene. He was the 150th British soldier to die in the current conflict in Afghanistan.