Downing, Stephen Paul Ii
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Verified Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 2ND BN, 17TH FA, 2D BCT (1ST MEF), 2D ID, CP HOVEY, KS APO AP 96224, SPC Downing, Stephen Paul Ii of BURKESVILLE, KY, 30, died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ on October 28, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? HHC, 2ND BN, 17TH FA, 2D BCT (1ST MEF), 2D ID, CP HOVEY, KS APO AP 96224 ? serving as SPC, Downing, Stephen Paul Ii was 30 and came from BURKESVILLE, KY.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on October 28, 2004 in AR RAMADI, 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: October 28, 2004. Hometown: BURKESVILLE, KY.
Explore Further
Downing, Stephen Paul Ii 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.
