Blickenstaff, Joseph Michael

Also known as: SPC, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 23RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, FORT LEWIS, WA 98433

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedDecember 8, 2003

Age23 years old

Location of DeathAD DULUIYAH, IRAQ

Cause of DeathKilled in action

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

On December 8, 2003, the ARMY lost SPC Blickenstaff, Joseph Michael of CORVALLIS, OR in AD DULUIYAH, IRAQ. He was 23.

Their Story

Blickenstaff, Joseph Michael was 23 and from CORVALLIS, OR when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 23RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, FORT LEWIS, WA 98433 as SPC. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.

Killed on December 8, 2003 in AD DULUIYAH, IRAQ, Blickenstaff, Joseph Michael was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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.

The ARMY recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Blickenstaff, Joseph Michael 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.

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