Dowdy, Robert John
Male
Verified On March 23, 2003, the ARMY lost 1SG Dowdy, Robert John of CLEVELAND, OH in AN NASIRIYAH, IRAQ. He was 38. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as 1SG Dowdy, Robert John, from CLEVELAND, OH, at age 38, with 507TH ORDNANCE MAINTENANCE COMPANY (PATRIOT), FORT BLISS, TX 79916, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on March 23, 2003 in AN NASIRIYAH, 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: March 23, 2003. Hometown: CLEVELAND, OH.
Explore Further
Dowdy, Robert John 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.
