Ford, David Harrison Iv
From IRONTON, OH, SPC Ford, David Harrison Iv served with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 4TH BATTALION, 64TH ARMOR (TF BAGHDAD) FORT STEWART, GA, and died on September 16, 2005 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SPC Ford, David Harrison Iv, from IRONTON, OH, at age 20, with COMPANY C, 4TH BATTALION, 64TH ARMOR (TF BAGHDAD) FORT STEWART, GA, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
On September 16, 2005, the ARMY lost SPC Ford, David Harrison Iv in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 20. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
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.
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
Ford, David Harrison Iv 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.