Kenyon, Rex Christopher
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Verified CW3 Kenyon, Rex Christopher, 34, a native of EL SEGUNDO, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 4TH AVIATION BRIGADE, 4ID (TF IRONHORSE), FORT HOOD, TX, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on January 16, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
CW3 Kenyon, Rex Christopher, 34 years old, grew up in EL SEGUNDO, CA and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 4TH AVIATION BRIGADE, 4ID (TF IRONHORSE), FORT HOOD, TX during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
January 16, 2006 ? Kenyon, Rex Christopher died in BAGHDAD, 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
Kenyon, Rex Christopher 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.
