Hayes, James Frederick
At 48, MSG Hayes, James Frederick of BARSTOW, CA was serving with the ARMY, BATTERY A, 1ST BATTALION, 320TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, when he died in TAJI, IRAQ on November 6, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as MSG Hayes, James Frederick, from BARSTOW, CA, at age 48, with BATTERY A, 1ST BATTALION, 320TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
On November 6, 2005, he died in TAJI, 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.
BARSTOW, CA is where Hayes, James Frederick came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
Explore Further
Hayes, James Frederick 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.