Brown, Philip Dorman
From JAMESTOWN, ND, SPC Brown, Philip Dorman served with the ARMY, B COMPANY, 141ST COMBAT ENGINEER BATTALION, JAMESTOWN, ND 58402, and died on May 8, 2004 in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, B COMPANY, 141ST COMBAT ENGINEER BATTALION, JAMESTOWN, ND 58402, sent Brown, Philip Dorman of JAMESTOWN, ND, then 21, ? SPC ? to Iraq.
May 8, 2004 ? Brown, Philip Dorman died in BALAD, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2004.
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
Brown, Philip Dorman 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.