Bell, Rickey Lyn
Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP D, 4TH SQUADRON, 6TH CAVALRY, FORT LEWIS, WA, CPL Bell, Rickey Lyn of CARUTHERSVILLE, MO, 21, died in MULTAKA, IRAQ on August 22, 2007.
Their Story
Serving as CPL Bell, Rickey Lyn, from CARUTHERSVILLE, MO, at age 21, with TROOP D, 4TH SQUADRON, 6TH CAVALRY, FORT LEWIS, WA, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
The date recorded for his death: August 22, 2007. Location: MULTAKA, IRAQ.
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 TROOP D, 4TH SQUADRON, 6TH CAVALRY, FORT LEWIS, WA who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Explore Further
Bell, Rickey Lyn 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.