Garvey, Justin Wrisley
HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 187TH INFANTRY, FORT CAMPBELL, KY 42223, ARMY ? SGT Garvey, Justin Wrisley (TOWNSEND, MA), age 23, ? died in TALLIFAR, IRAQ on July 20, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 187TH INFANTRY, FORT CAMPBELL, KY 42223 ? serving as SGT, Garvey, Justin Wrisley was 23 and came from TOWNSEND, MA.
On July 20, 2003, the ARMY lost SGT Garvey, Justin Wrisley in TALLIFAR, IRAQ. He was 23. 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
Garvey, Justin Wrisley 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.