Case, Virgil Ray
In KIRKUK, IRAQ on June 1, 2005, the ARMY lost SFC Case, Virgil Ray of MOUNTAIN HOME, ID, 37, serving with COMPANY B, 145TH SUPPORT BATTALION (TF LIBERTY), BOISE, ID.
Their Story
A National Guard member of the ARMY ? COMPANY B, 145TH SUPPORT BATTALION (TF LIBERTY), BOISE, ID ? serving as SFC, Case, Virgil Ray was 37 and came from MOUNTAIN HOME, ID.
Killed on June 1, 2005 in KIRKUK, IRAQ, Case, Virgil Ray was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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: June 1, 2005. Hometown: MOUNTAIN HOME, ID.
Explore Further
Case, Virgil Ray 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.