Gajdos, Shawn Douglas

Also known as: SPC, COMPANY D, 2D BATTALION, 16TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT RILEY, KS

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedJune 6, 2007

Age25 years old

Location of DeathBAGHDAD, IRAQ

Cause of DeathHOSTILE

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on June 6, 2007, the ARMY lost SPC Gajdos, Shawn Douglas of GRAND RAPIDS, MI, 25, serving with COMPANY D, 2D BATTALION, 16TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT RILEY, KS. Cause: HOSTILE.

Their Story

Gajdos, Shawn Douglas of GRAND RAPIDS, MI, 25 years old, served in the ARMY with COMPANY D, 2D BATTALION, 16TH INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT RILEY, KS at the rank of SPC ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.

He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on June 6, 2007 in BAGHDAD, 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: June 6, 2007. Hometown: GRAND RAPIDS, MI.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Gajdos, Shawn Douglas 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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