Hermanson, Michael Layne
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Verified SPC Hermanson, Michael Layne, 21, a native of FARGO, ND, died serving in the National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY A, 164TH ENGINEER BATTALION, MINOT, ND, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 24, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Hermanson, Michael Layne of FARGO, ND, 21 years old, served in the ARMY with COMPANY A, 164TH ENGINEER BATTALION, MINOT, ND at the rank of SPC ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
May 24, 2006 ? Hermanson, Michael Layne died in AL ABAYACHI, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2006.
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
Hermanson, Michael Layne 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.
