Funkhouser, James Alexander Jr
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Verified CPT Funkhouser, James Alexander Jr, 35, a native of KATY, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY, FORT HOOD, TX, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 29, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY, FORT HOOD, TX, sent Funkhouser, James Alexander Jr of KATY, TX, then 35, ? CPT ? to Iraq.
On May 29, 2006, the ARMY lost CPT Funkhouser, James Alexander Jr in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 35. The ARMY recorded the cause as 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 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
Funkhouser, James Alexander 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.
