Cummings, Branden Charles
On February 14, 2007, the ARMY lost PFC Cummings, Branden Charles of TITUSVILLE, FL in BAQUBAH, IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Cummings, Branden Charles of TITUSVILLE, FL, 20 years old, served in the ARMY with TROOP A, 1ST SQUADRON, 12TH CAVALRY, 3 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX at the rank of PFC ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on February 14, 2007 in BAQUBAH, IRAQ, from HOSTILE.
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 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
Cummings, Branden 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.