Crookston, Duncan Charles

Also known as: CPL, COMPANY C, 2D BATTALION, 16TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT RILEY, KS

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedJanuary 25, 2008

Age19 years old

Location of DeathSAN ANTONIO, UNITED STATES

Cause of DeathHOSTILE

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

From DENVER, CO, CPL Crookston, Duncan Charles served with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 2D BATTALION, 16TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT RILEY, KS, and died on January 25, 2008 in SAN ANTONIO, UNITED STATES. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.

Their Story

Crookston, Duncan Charles was 19 and from DENVER, CO when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 2D BATTALION, 16TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT RILEY, KS as CPL. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.

Killed on January 25, 2008 in SAN ANTONIO, UNITED STATES ? HOSTILE ?, Crookston, Duncan Charles was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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: January 25, 2008. Hometown: DENVER, CO.

Sources & References

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

Explore Further

Crookston, Duncan Charles 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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