Derby, Garnet Robert
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Verified In MOSUL, IRAQ on February 9, 2009, the ARMY lost LTC Derby, Garnet Robert of MISSOULA, MT, 44, serving with HHT, 3D BATTALION, 8TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 3 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
LTC Derby, Garnet Robert, 44 years old, grew up in MISSOULA, MT and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with HHT, 3D BATTALION, 8TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 3 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on February 9, 2009 in MOSUL, 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
Derby, Garnet Robert 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.
