James, Leon Gifford Ii
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Verified Active Duty, ARMY, CIVILIAN POLICE ASSISTANCE TRAINING TEAM (MNC-I), FORT DRUM, NY, LTC James, Leon Gifford Ii of LONGMEADOW, NY, 46, died in WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES on October 10, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? CIVILIAN POLICE ASSISTANCE TRAINING TEAM (MNC-I), FORT DRUM, NY ? serving as LTC, James, Leon Gifford Ii was 46 and came from LONGMEADOW, NY.
On October 10, 2005, the ARMY lost LTC James, Leon Gifford Ii in WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES. He was 46. 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.
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
James, Leon Gifford Ii 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.
