Akers, Spencer Clark
SGT Akers, Spencer Clark, 35, a native of TRAVERSE CITY, MI, died serving in the National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 125TH INFANTRY (II MEF), SAGINAW, MI, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 8, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Akers, Spencer Clark was 35 and from TRAVERSE CITY, MI when he joined the National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 125TH INFANTRY (II MEF), SAGINAW, MI as SGT. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
December 8, 2005 ? Akers, Spencer Clark died in FORT SAM HOUSTON, UNITED STATES, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2005.
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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: December 8, 2005. Hometown: TRAVERSE CITY, MI.
Explore Further
Akers, Spencer Clark 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.