Cooke, Eric Francis
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Verified On December 24, 2003, the ARMY lost CSM Cooke, Eric Francis of SCOTTSDALE, AZ in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 43. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
CSM Cooke, Eric Francis, 43 years old, grew up in SCOTTSDALE, AZ and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with HHC 1ST BRIGADE 1ST ARMORED DIVISION, APO AE 09074 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On December 24, 2003, the ARMY lost CSM Cooke, Eric Francis in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 43. The ARMY recorded the cause as 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.
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.
Explore Further
Cooke, Eric Francis 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.
