Crutchfield, Michael Jacob
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Verified Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY C, 3D BATTALION, 4TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY, (13 SC), FORT BRAGG, NC, SPC Crutchfield, Michael Jacob of STOCKTON, CA, 21, died in BALAD, IRAQ on December 23, 2006.
Their Story
Crutchfield, Michael Jacob of STOCKTON, CA, 21 years old, served in the ARMY with BATTERY C, 3D BATTALION, 4TH AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY, (13 SC), FORT BRAGG, NC at the rank of SPC ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
The date recorded for his death: December 23, 2006. Location: BALAD, IRAQ.
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.
The ARMY recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Crutchfield, Michael Jacob 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.
