Ashley, Benjamin James
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Verified In BALAD, IRAQ on May 24, 2007, the ARMY lost CPL Ashley, Benjamin James of INDEPENDENCE, MO, 22, serving with BATTERY D, 1ST BATTALION, 5TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT RILEY, KS. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? BATTERY D, 1ST BATTALION, 5TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT RILEY, KS ? serving as CPL, Ashley, Benjamin James was 22 and came from INDEPENDENCE, MO.
May 24, 2007 ? Ashley, Benjamin James died in BALAD, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2007.
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.
The members of BATTERY D, 1ST BATTALION, 5TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT RILEY, KS who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Explore Further
Ashley, Benjamin James 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.
