Drake, Chad Hayden
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Verified From GARLAND, TX, SPC Drake, Chad Hayden served with the ARMY, HHB, 1ST BATTALION, 82D FIELD ARTILLERY, (1CD), FORT HOOD, TX 76544, and died on September 7, 2004 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 23. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
SPC Drake, Chad Hayden, 23 years old, grew up in GARLAND, TX and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with HHB, 1ST BATTALION, 82D FIELD ARTILLERY, (1CD), FORT HOOD, TX 76544 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On September 7, 2004, the ARMY lost SPC Drake, Chad Hayden in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 23. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
In the first year of occupation, military victory gave way to an insurgency the US hadn't planned for. Disbanding the Iraqi army created a vacuum. Armed groups filled it immediately.
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
Drake, Chad Hayden 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.
