Ficek, Damien Thai

Also known as: SGT, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 161ST INFANTRY, (1ST CAV), (TF BAGHDAD), MOSES LAKE, WA

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedDecember 30, 2004

Age26 years old

Location of DeathBAGHDAD, IRAQ

Cause of DeathHOSTILE

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 30, 2004, the ARMY lost SGT Ficek, Damien Thai of BEAVERTON, OR, 26, serving with COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 161ST INFANTRY, (1ST CAV), (TF BAGHDAD), MOSES LAKE, WA. Cause: HOSTILE.

Their Story

Ficek, Damien Thai of BEAVERTON, OR, 26 years old, served in the ARMY with COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 161ST INFANTRY, (1ST CAV), (TF BAGHDAD), MOSES LAKE, WA at the rank of SGT ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.

On December 30, 2004, the ARMY lost SGT Ficek, Damien Thai in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 26. 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.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Ficek, Damien Thai 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.

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