Hawkins, Omer Thomas Ii
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Verified SSG Hawkins, Omer Thomas Ii, 31, a native of CHERRY FORK, OH, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 44TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 2D INFANTRY DIVISION (1ST MEF), APO AP 96224, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on October 14, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? HHC, 44TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 2D INFANTRY DIVISION (1ST MEF), APO AP 96224 ? serving as SSG, Hawkins, Omer Thomas Ii was 31 and came from CHERRY FORK, OH.
On October 14, 2004, he died in AR RAMADI, 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
Hawkins, Omer Thomas Ii 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.
