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Harris, Blake Mckenzie

Also known as: SSG, HHT, 1ST SQUADRON, 8TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX
Combatant Male Verified
DiedMarch 15, 2007
Age27 years old
Location of DeathBAGHDAD, IRAQ
Cause of DeathHOSTILE

HHT, 1ST SQUADRON, 8TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX, ARMY ? SSG Harris, Blake Mckenzie (HAMPTON, GA), age 27, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on March 15, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

Their Story

Harris, Blake Mckenzie of HAMPTON, GA, 27 years old, served in the ARMY with HHT, 1ST SQUADRON, 8TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX at the rank of SSG ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.

On March 15, 2007, the ARMY lost SSG Harris, Blake Mckenzie in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 27. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.

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.

Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: March 15, 2007. Hometown: HAMPTON, GA.

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Harris, Blake Mckenzie 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.

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