Caldwell, Eric Thomas
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Verified In TAJI, IRAQ on January 7, 2007, the ARMY lost CPL Caldwell, Eric Thomas of SALISBURY, MD, 22, serving with TROOP E, 2D SQUADRON, 8TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
CPL Caldwell, Eric Thomas, 22 years old, grew up in SALISBURY, MD and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with TROOP E, 2D SQUADRON, 8TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
January 7, 2007 ? Caldwell, Eric Thomas died in TAJI, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2007.
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
Caldwell, Eric Thomas 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.
