Engeldrum, Christian Philip
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Verified SSG Engeldrum, Christian Philip, 39, a native of BRONX, NY, died serving in the National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 69TH INFANTRY, NEW YORK, NY 76544, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 29, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Engeldrum, Christian Philip of BRONX, NY, 39 years old, served in the ARMY with COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 69TH INFANTRY, NEW YORK, NY 76544 at the rank of SSG ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
On November 29, 2004, the ARMY lost SSG Engeldrum, Christian Philip in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 39. The ARMY recorded the cause as 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
Engeldrum, Christian Philip 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.
