Elrod, Steven Ray
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Verified From HOPE MILLS, NC, SPC Elrod, Steven Ray served with the ARMY, TROOP C, 1ST SQUADRON, 73D CAVALRY, 2 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, and died on September 10, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 20.
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A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? TROOP C, 1ST SQUADRON, 73D CAVALRY, 2 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC ? serving as SPC, Elrod, Steven Ray was 20 and came from HOPE MILLS, NC.
Killed on September 10, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ, Elrod, Steven Ray was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: September 10, 2007. Hometown: HOPE MILLS, NC.
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Elrod, Steven Ray 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.
