Cardinal, Anthony Oneil
Active Duty, ARMY, HHT, 3D SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, 2 BCT, FORT STEWART, GA, CPL Cardinal, Anthony Oneil of MUSKEGON, MI, 20, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 25, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
CPL Cardinal, Anthony Oneil, 20 years old, grew up in MUSKEGON, MI and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with HHT, 3D SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, 2 BCT, FORT STEWART, GA during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on December 25, 2005 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ, from 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: December 25, 2005. Hometown: MUSKEGON, MI.
Explore Further
Cardinal, Anthony Oneil 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.