Behnke, Joseph Otto
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Verified National Guard, ARMY, C BATTERY, 1ST BATTALION, 258TH FIELD ARTILLERY, JAMAICA, NY 11433, SGT Behnke, Joseph Otto of BROOKLYN, NY, 45, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 4, 2004.
Their Story
Serving as SGT Behnke, Joseph Otto, from BROOKLYN, NY, at age 45, with C BATTERY, 1ST BATTALION, 258TH FIELD ARTILLERY, JAMAICA, NY 11433, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
December 4, 2004 ? Behnke, Joseph Otto died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2004.
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.
BROOKLYN, NY is where Behnke, Joseph Otto came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
Explore Further
Behnke, Joseph Otto 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.
