Diamond, Sean Derrel
Male
Verified Active Duty, ARMY, 610TH ENGINEER SUPPORT CO, 14TH ENG BN, 555TH ENG BDE, FORT LEWIS, WA, SSG Diamond, Sean Derrel of DUBLIN, CA, 41, died in GARY OWEN, IRAQ on February 15, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From DUBLIN, CA, SSG Diamond, Sean Derrel, serving with 610TH ENGINEER SUPPORT CO, 14TH ENG BN, 555TH ENG BDE, FORT LEWIS, WA, was 41 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on February 15, 2009 in GARY OWEN, 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
Diamond, Sean Derrel 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.
