Gentry, Lewis Jay
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Verified SSG Gentry, Lewis Jay, 48, a native of DETROIT, MI, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 94TH ENGINEER BATTALION (MNCI), VILSECK, GERMANY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on October 26, 2005.
Their Story
Serving as SSG Gentry, Lewis Jay, from DETROIT, MI, at age 48, with HHC, 94TH ENGINEER BATTALION (MNCI), VILSECK, GERMANY, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
On October 26, 2005, he died in MOSUL, IRAQ. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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 members of HHC, 94TH ENGINEER BATTALION (MNCI), VILSECK, GERMANY who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Explore Further
Gentry, Lewis Jay 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.
