Henley, Melvin Lee Jr
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Verified In CAMP STRIKER, IRAQ on November 21, 2007, the ARMY lost SPC Henley, Melvin Lee Jr of JACKSON, MS, 26, serving with COMPANY B, 603D AVIATION SUPPORT BATTALION, 3D CAB, FORT STEWART, GA.
Their Story
The ARMY, COMPANY B, 603D AVIATION SUPPORT BATTALION, 3D CAB, FORT STEWART, GA, sent Henley, Melvin Lee Jr of JACKSON, MS, then 26, ? SPC ? to Iraq.
On November 21, 2007, he died in CAMP STRIKER, IRAQ. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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.
JACKSON, MS is where Henley, Melvin Lee Jr came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
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Henley, Melvin Lee Jr 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.