Christensen, Ryan Douglas

Also known as: PFC, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 64TH ARMOR, (TF LIBERTY), FORT STEWART, GA

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedNovember 24, 2005

Age22 years old

Location of DeathCHARLESTON, UNITED STATES

Cause of DeathKilled in action

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

In CHARLESTON, UNITED STATES on November 24, 2005, the ARMY lost PFC Christensen, Ryan Douglas of SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS, NJ, 22, serving with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 64TH ARMOR, (TF LIBERTY), FORT STEWART, GA.

Their Story

Christensen, Ryan Douglas of SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS, NJ, 22 years old, served in the ARMY with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 64TH ARMOR, (TF LIBERTY), FORT STEWART, GA at the rank of PFC ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.

November 24, 2005 ? Christensen, Ryan Douglas died in CHARLESTON, UNITED STATES. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2005.

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: November 24, 2005. Hometown: SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS, NJ.

Sources & References

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

Explore Further

Christensen, Ryan Douglas 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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