Arnold, James Lawrence
From MATTAWAN, MI, SPC Arnold, James Lawrence served with the ARMY, TROOP B, 1ST SQUADRON, 8TH CAVALRY, 2 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, and died on March 15, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From MATTAWAN, MI, SPC Arnold, James Lawrence, serving with TROOP B, 1ST SQUADRON, 8TH CAVALRY, 2 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, was 21 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
On March 15, 2007, the ARMY lost SPC Arnold, James Lawrence in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 21. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
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.
MATTAWAN, MI is where Arnold, James Lawrence came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
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Arnold, James Lawrence 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.
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