Hollopeter, Josiah Wayne
Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP C, 6TH SQUADRON, 9TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 3 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, SPC Hollopeter, Josiah Wayne of SAN DIEGO, CA, 27, died in BALAD, IRAQ on June 14, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
SPC Hollopeter, Josiah Wayne, 27 years old, grew up in SAN DIEGO, CA and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with TROOP C, 6TH SQUADRON, 9TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 3 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On June 14, 2007, he died in BALAD, 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: June 14, 2007. Hometown: SAN DIEGO, CA.
Explore Further
Hollopeter, Josiah Wayne 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.