Carroll, James Dustin
From MCKENZIE, TN, SGT Carroll, James Dustin served with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 230TH ENGINEER BATTALION, MCKENZIE, TN, and died on July 31, 2005 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 23. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Carroll, James Dustin was 23 and from MCKENZIE, TN when he joined the National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY A, 230TH ENGINEER BATTALION, MCKENZIE, TN as SGT. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on July 31, 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.
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
Carroll, James Dustin 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.