Ford, Philip Cody
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Verified SPC Ford, Philip Cody, 21, a native of FREEPORT, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 3D BATTALION, 509TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT RICHARDSON, AK, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 10, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? COMPANY C, 3D BATTALION, 509TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT RICHARDSON, AK ? serving as SPC, Ford, Philip Cody was 21 and came from FREEPORT, TX.
The date recorded for his death: December 10, 2006. Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: 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 members of COMPANY C, 3D BATTALION, 509TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT RICHARDSON, AK who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Ford, Philip Cody 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.
