Castner, Stephen William

Also known as: CPL, BATTERY C, 1ST BATTALION, 121ST FIELD ARTILLERY, (CFLCC) SUSSEX, WI

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedJuly 24, 2006

Age27 years old

Location of DeathTALLIL, IRAQ

Cause of DeathHOSTILE

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

BATTERY C, 1ST BATTALION, 121ST FIELD ARTILLERY, (CFLCC) SUSSEX, WI, ARMY ? CPL Castner, Stephen William (CEDARBURG, WI), age 27, ? died in TALLIL, IRAQ on July 24, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.

Their Story

Castner, Stephen William was 27 and from CEDARBURG, WI when he joined the National Guard, ARMY, BATTERY C, 1ST BATTALION, 121ST FIELD ARTILLERY, (CFLCC) SUSSEX, WI as CPL. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.

July 24, 2006 ? Castner, Stephen William died in TALLIL, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2006.

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.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Castner, Stephen William 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.

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