Forrest, Edward Watson Jr
SGT Forrest, Edward Watson Jr, 25, a native of ST. LOUIS, MO, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 67TH ARMOR, 2 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 10, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.
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A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 67TH ARMOR, 2 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO ? serving as SGT, Forrest, Edward Watson Jr was 25 and came from ST. LOUIS, MO.
The date recorded for his death: April 10, 2009. Location: MOSUL, 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: April 10, 2009. Hometown: ST. LOUIS, MO.
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Forrest, Edward Watson Jr 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.