Frantz, Matthew Curtis
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Verified SPC Frantz, Matthew Curtis, 23, a native of LAFAYETTE, IN, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, MILITARY INTELLIGENCE COMPANY,1ST STB, 1ST BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on January 20, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Frantz, Matthew Curtis of LAFAYETTE, IN, 23 years old, served in the ARMY with MILITARY INTELLIGENCE COMPANY,1ST STB, 1ST BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY at the rank of SPC ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on January 20, 2006 in AL HUWIJAH, IRAQ, from 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: January 20, 2006. Hometown: LAFAYETTE, IN.
Explore Further
Frantz, Matthew Curtis 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.
