Goward, Richard Allen
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Verified On April 14, 2003, the ARMY lost SPC Goward, Richard Allen of MIDLAND, MI in Iraq. He was 32.
Their Story
Goward, Richard Allen of MIDLAND, MI, 32 years old, served in the ARMY with 1460TH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, MIDLAND, MI 48640 at the rank of SPC ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on April 14, 2003 in Iraq.
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 recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Goward, Richard Allen 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.
