Harris, Dustin James
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Verified From BANGOR, ME, SPC Harris, Dustin James served with the ARMY, 172D BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTTALION, 172D SBCT (101 AA), FORT WAINWRIGHT, AK, and died on April 6, 2006 in BAYJI, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? 172D BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTTALION, 172D SBCT (101 AA), FORT WAINWRIGHT, AK ? serving as SPC, Harris, Dustin James was 21 and came from BANGOR, ME.
On April 6, 2006, he died in BAYJI, 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.
The ARMY classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Harris, Dustin James 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.
