Herrera, David Lee
Male
Verified In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on January 28, 2006, the ARMY lost SGT Herrera, David Lee of OCEANSIDE, CA, 26, serving with COMPANY D, 2D BATTALION, 506TH INFANTRY, FORT CAMPBELL, KY. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SGT Herrera, David Lee, from OCEANSIDE, CA, at age 26, with COMPANY D, 2D BATTALION, 506TH INFANTRY, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on January 28, 2006 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ, from 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: January 28, 2006. Hometown: OCEANSIDE, CA.
Explore Further
Herrera, David Lee 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.
