Benish, Stephen Christopher
At 20, PFC Benish, Stephen Christopher of CLARK, NJ was serving with the ARMY, B CO, 1ST BN, 503RD INFANTRY, 2D INFANTRY DIV, APO AP (CAMP HOWZE, KOREA), when he died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ on November 28, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
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A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? B CO, 1ST BN, 503RD INFANTRY, 2D INFANTRY DIV, APO AP (CAMP HOWZE, KOREA) ? serving as PFC, Benish, Stephen Christopher was 20 and came from CLARK, NJ.
On November 28, 2004, he died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
In the first year of occupation, military victory gave way to an insurgency the US hadn't planned for. Disbanding the Iraqi army created a vacuum. Armed groups filled it immediately.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: November 28, 2004. Hometown: CLARK, NJ.
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Benish, Stephen Christopher 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.