Fortune, Maurice Keith

Also known as: SGT, BATTERY A, 2D BATTALION, 17TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 2 BCT (1 MEF), CAMP HOVEY, KOREA

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedOctober 29, 2004

Age25 years old

Location of DeathAR RAMADI, IRAQ

Cause of DeathHOSTILE

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY A, 2D BATTALION, 17TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 2 BCT (1 MEF), CAMP HOVEY, KOREA, SGT Fortune, Maurice Keith of FORESTVILLE, MD, 25, died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ on October 29, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Their Story

Fortune, Maurice Keith was 25 and from FORESTVILLE, MD when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY A, 2D BATTALION, 17TH FIELD ARTILLERY, 2 BCT (1 MEF), CAMP HOVEY, KOREA as SGT. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.

Killed on October 29, 2004 in AR RAMADI, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Fortune, Maurice Keith was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

In the first year of occupation, military victory gave way to an insurgency the US hadn't planned for. Disbanding the Iraqi army created a vacuum. Armed groups filled it immediately.

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

Fortune, Maurice Keith 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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