Gaunky, Anthony Alexander
PFC Gaunky, Anthony Alexander, age 19, of SPARTA, WI ? Active Duty, ARMY, CO A, 3D SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, (TF BAND OF BROTHERS), FORT CAMPBELL, KY, ? died on November 18, 2005 in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? CO A, 3D SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, (TF BAND OF BROTHERS), FORT CAMPBELL, KY ? serving as PFC, Gaunky, Anthony Alexander was 19 and came from SPARTA, WI.
November 18, 2005 ? Gaunky, Anthony Alexander died in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2005.
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
Gaunky, Anthony Alexander 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.