Borea, Russell Paul
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Verified Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP A, 2D SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, FORT BLISS, TX, SFC Borea, Russell Paul of TUCSON, AZ, 38, died in MOSUL, IRAQ on January 19, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, TROOP A, 2D SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, FORT BLISS, TX, sent Borea, Russell Paul of TUCSON, AZ, then 38, ? SFC ? to Iraq.
On January 19, 2007, the ARMY lost SFC Borea, Russell Paul in MOSUL, IRAQ. He was 38. The ARMY recorded the cause as 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
Borea, Russell Paul 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.
