Cowherd, Leonard Mallonee Iii
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Verified From CULPEPER, VA, 2LT Cowherd, Leonard Mallonee Iii served with the ARMY, C COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION / 37TH ARMOR, APO AE 09074 (FRIEDBERG, GERMANY), and died on May 16, 2004 in KARBALA, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From CULPEPER, VA, 2LT Cowherd, Leonard Mallonee Iii, serving with C COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION / 37TH ARMOR, APO AE 09074 (FRIEDBERG, GERMANY), was 22 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
On May 16, 2004, the ARMY lost 2LT Cowherd, Leonard Mallonee Iii in KARBALA, IRAQ. He was 22. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
In the first year of occupation, military victory gave way to an insurgency the US hadn't planned for. Disbanding the Iraqi army created a vacuum. Armed groups filled it immediately.
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
Cowherd, Leonard Mallonee Iii 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.
