Cooper, Christopher Michael
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Verified SGT Cooper, Christopher Michael, 28, a native of OCEANSIDE, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 2ND BATTALION, 28TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 172ND INFANTRY BRIGADE, SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on October 30, 2009.
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Serving as SGT Cooper, Christopher Michael, from OCEANSIDE, CA, at age 28, with COMPANY B, 2ND BATTALION, 28TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 172ND INFANTRY BRIGADE, SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
On October 30, 2009, the ARMY lost SGT Cooper, Christopher Michael in NIPPUR, IRAQ. He was 28.
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: October 30, 2009. Hometown: OCEANSIDE, CA.
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Cooper, Christopher Michael 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.
