Crawford, James Kevin

James Kevin Crawford was a 50-year-old Navy Reserve Commander from Hamburg, New York. He was assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (COMUSNAVCENT), a headquarters element responsible for naval operations across the Middle East, including the Persian Gulf.

According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Crawford died on September 7, 2011, in Manama, Bahrain. The official casualty report listed his death as 'killed in action,' a designation typically used for hostile combat deaths. No further operational details about the incident were publicly released by the Navy.

Operation New Dawn was the official name for the final phase of the U.S. military mission in Iraq, spanning from September 2010 to December 2011. It followed Operation Iraqi Freedom and focused on advising and assisting Iraqi security forces as U.S. combat troops withdrew. The conflict's final months saw continued, though reduced, combat casualties among U.S. personnel.

Crawford's death was announced in a Pentagon press release. He was one of at least 66 American service members who died during Operation New Dawn. His name is recorded on the Iraq War section of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Memorial Wall online.

Commander Crawford is remembered on memorial sites for veterans of the Iraq War. His death, occurring just three months before the formal conclusion of the U.S. mission, is part of the documented record of losses during the war's concluding chapter.

Commander Crawford was killed during Operation New Dawn (2010?2011). The conflict concluded in December 2011. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Jenkins, Phillip Chad, Mcclamrock, James Fleet, Hansen, James Arthur, Burner, John Franklin Iii.

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