Cleveland, Adare William
In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on February 19, 2007, the ARMY lost SPC Cleveland, Adare William of ANCHORAGE, AK, 19, serving with TROOP B, 1ST SQUADRON, 89TH CAVALRY, FORT DRUM, NY. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SPC Cleveland, Adare William, from ANCHORAGE, AK, at age 19, with TROOP B, 1ST SQUADRON, 89TH CAVALRY, FORT DRUM, NY, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
Killed on February 19, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Cleveland, Adare William 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: February 19, 2007. Hometown: ANCHORAGE, AK.
Explore Further
Cleveland, Adare 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.