Creighton, Shawn Ross

Also known as: CPL, TROOP B, 4TH SQUADRON, 14TH CAVALRY, 172D SBCT, FORT WAINWRIGHT, AK

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedApril 8, 2006

Age21 years old

Location of DeathRAWAH, IRAQ

Cause of DeathHOSTILE

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

In RAWAH, IRAQ on April 8, 2006, the ARMY lost CPL Creighton, Shawn Ross of WINDSOR, NC, 21, serving with TROOP B, 4TH SQUADRON, 14TH CAVALRY, 172D SBCT, FORT WAINWRIGHT, AK. Cause: HOSTILE.

Their Story

Creighton, Shawn Ross was 21 and from WINDSOR, NC when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP B, 4TH SQUADRON, 14TH CAVALRY, 172D SBCT, FORT WAINWRIGHT, AK as CPL. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.

Killed on April 8, 2006 in RAWAH, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Creighton, Shawn Ross was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.

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.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Creighton, Shawn Ross 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.

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