Gasper, Frank Joseph
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Verified At 25, SSG Gasper, Frank Joseph of MERCED, CA was serving with the ARMY, HSC, 3D BATTALION, 10TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, FORT CARSON, CO, when he died in NAJAF, IRAQ on May 25, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, HSC, 3D BATTALION, 10TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, FORT CARSON, CO, sent Gasper, Frank Joseph of MERCED, CA, then 25, ? SSG ? to Iraq.
The date recorded for his death: May 25, 2008. Location: NAJAF, IRAQ. Cause: 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
Gasper, Frank Joseph 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.
