Griffin, Travis Lee
Active Duty, AIR FORCE, 377TH SECURITY FORCES SQUADRON, KIRTLAND AFB, NM, SSGT Griffin, Travis Lee of DOVER, DE, 28, died in NEAR BAGHDAD, IRAQ on April 3, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From DOVER, DE, SSGT Griffin, Travis Lee, serving with 377TH SECURITY FORCES SQUADRON, KIRTLAND AFB, NM, was 28 years old when he deployed with the AIR FORCE to Iraq.
On April 3, 2008, he died in NEAR BAGHDAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: April 3, 2008. Hometown: DOVER, DE.
Explore Further
Griffin, Travis Lee 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.