Gaylord, Alva Lamare
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Verified National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY C, 110TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 130TH ENGINEER BRIGADE, LEXINGTON, MO, PFC Gaylord, Alva Lamare of CARROLLTON, MO, 25, died in QASR AR RIYY, IRAQ on May 5, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as PFC Gaylord, Alva Lamare, from CARROLLTON, MO, at age 25, with COMPANY C, 110TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 130TH ENGINEER BRIGADE, LEXINGTON, MO, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
May 5, 2006 ? Gaylord, Alva Lamare died in QASR AR RIYY, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2006.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
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
Gaylord, Alva Lamare 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.
