Hensel, Shawn David
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Verified CPL Hensel, Shawn David, 20, a native of LOGANSPORT, IN, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 23D INFANTRY, FORT LEWIS, WA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on August 14, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
CPL Hensel, Shawn David, 20 years old, grew up in LOGANSPORT, IN and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 23D INFANTRY, FORT LEWIS, WA during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On August 14, 2007, the ARMY lost CPL Hensel, Shawn David in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 20. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: August 14, 2007. Hometown: LOGANSPORT, IN.
Explore Further
Hensel, Shawn David 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.
