Grinder, Billie Jean
Female
Verified From SMYRNA, TN, CW2 Grinder, Billie Jean served with the ARMY, C CO, 1-230 CAV, 25 CAB (TASK ORG TO USD-N), and died on February 21, 2010 in COB Q-WEST, IRAQ. She was 25.
Their Story
A National Guard member of the ARMY ? C CO, 1-230 CAV, 25 CAB (TASK ORG TO USD-N) ? serving as CW2, Grinder, Billie Jean was 25 and came from SMYRNA, TN.
Killed on February 21, 2010 in COB Q-WEST, IRAQ, Grinder, Billie Jean was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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: February 21, 2010. Hometown: SMYRNA, TN.
Explore Further
Grinder, Billie Jean 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.
