Horrigan, Robert Mark

Also known as: MSG, HQ, UNITED STATES ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND, FORT BRAGG, NC

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedJune 17, 2005

Age40 years old

Location of DeathAL QAIM, IRAQ

Cause of DeathHOSTILE

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

MSG Horrigan, Robert Mark, 40, a native of AUSTIN, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HQ, UNITED STATES ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND, FORT BRAGG, NC, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 17, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

Their Story

Horrigan, Robert Mark was 40 and from AUSTIN, TX when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, HQ, UNITED STATES ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND, FORT BRAGG, NC as MSG. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.

On June 17, 2005, he died in AL QAIM, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. 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.

Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: June 17, 2005. Hometown: AUSTIN, TX.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Horrigan, Robert Mark 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.

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