Bennett, Durrell Lavoy
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Verified From SPANAWAY, WA, CPL Bennett, Durrell Lavoy served with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 16TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT RILEY, KS, and died on March 29, 2008 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 16TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT RILEY, KS ? serving as CPL, Bennett, Durrell Lavoy was 22 and came from SPANAWAY, WA.
The date recorded for his death: March 29, 2008. Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: 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.
The ARMY classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Bennett, Durrell Lavoy 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.
