Bright, Dean Robert
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Verified PFC Bright, Dean Robert, 32, a native of ROSEBURG, OR, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP B, 7TH SQUADRON, 10TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on October 4, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as PFC Bright, Dean Robert, from ROSEBURG, OR, at age 32, with TROOP B, 7TH SQUADRON, 10TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
October 4, 2006 ? Bright, Dean Robert died in TAJI, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2006.
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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: October 4, 2006. Hometown: ROSEBURG, OR.
Explore Further
Bright, Dean Robert 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.
