Blodgett, Clinton Coy
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Verified Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 18TH INFANTRY, SCHWEINFURT, GM, CPL Blodgett, Clinton Coy of PEKIN, IN, 19, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on May 26, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Blodgett, Clinton Coy of PEKIN, IN, 19 years old, served in the ARMY with COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 18TH INFANTRY, SCHWEINFURT, GM at the rank of CPL ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
May 26, 2007 ? Blodgett, Clinton Coy died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2007.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
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
Blodgett, Clinton Coy 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.
