Chen, Yihjyh Lang
Male
Verified At 31, SGT Chen, Yihjyh Lang of SIAPAN, MP was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 2ND BN, 5TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION, FORT HOOD, TX 76544, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on April 5, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SGT Chen, Yihjyh Lang, from SIAPAN, MP, at age 31, with COMPANY C, 2ND BN, 5TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION, FORT HOOD, TX 76544, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
The date recorded for his death: April 5, 2004. Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: 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.
SIAPAN, MP is where Chen, Yihjyh Lang came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
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Chen, Yihjyh Lang 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.
