Chapin, Chris Shayne
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Verified MSG Chapin, Chris Shayne, age 39, of RUTLAND, VT ? National Guard, ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 172D ARMOR (2MEF), SAINT ALBANS, VT, ? died on August 23, 2005 in AR RAMADI, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Chapin, Chris Shayne of RUTLAND, VT, 39 years old, served in the ARMY with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 172D ARMOR (2MEF), SAINT ALBANS, VT at the rank of MSG ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on August 23, 2005 in AR RAMADI, 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: August 23, 2005. Hometown: RUTLAND, VT.
Explore Further
Chapin, Chris Shayne 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.
