Derks, Brian Keith
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Verified At 21, SPC Derks, Brian Keith of WHITE CLOUD, MI was serving with the ARMY, F TROOP, 2D SQUADRON, 11TH ARMORED CAVALRY, (TF BAGHDAD), FORT IRWIN, CA, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on August 13, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From WHITE CLOUD, MI, SPC Derks, Brian Keith, serving with F TROOP, 2D SQUADRON, 11TH ARMORED CAVALRY, (TF BAGHDAD), FORT IRWIN, CA, was 21 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
Killed on August 13, 2005 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Derks, Brian Keith 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: August 13, 2005. Hometown: WHITE CLOUD, MI.
Explore Further
Derks, Brian Keith 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.
