Adams, Algernon
From GRANITEVILLE, SC, PV2 Adams, Algernon served with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 122ND ENGINEER BATTALION, GRANITEVILLE, SC 29829, and died on October 28, 2003 in ST MERE, IRAQ. He was 36.
Their Story
Serving as PV2 Adams, Algernon, from GRANITEVILLE, SC, at age 36, with COMPANY C, 122ND ENGINEER BATTALION, GRANITEVILLE, SC 29829, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
On October 28, 2003, he died in ST MERE, IRAQ. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
Operation Iraqi Freedom began March 19, 2003 with the US-led invasion. The stated justification ? weapons of mass destruction ? was never found. Seven years of occupation, insurgency, and sectarian war followed, killing 4,418 Americans and an estimated 200,000 Iraqi civilians.
GRANITEVILLE, SC is where Adams, Algernon came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
Explore Further
Adams, Algernon was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (from March 2003 to August 2010). The conflict concluded in August 2010. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Kennedy, Brian Matthew, Beaupre, Ryan Anthony, Gutierrez, Jose, Waters-bey, Kendall Damon.