Kerchief-powell, Willard Monroe Iii
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Verified CPL Kerchief-powell, Willard Monroe Iii, 21, a native of EVANSVILLE, IN, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 4TH BATTALION, 9TH INFANTRY, FORT LEWIS, WA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on August 16, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, COMPANY C, 4TH BATTALION, 9TH INFANTRY, FORT LEWIS, WA, sent Kerchief-powell, Willard Monroe Iii of EVANSVILLE, IN, then 21, ? CPL ? to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on August 16, 2007 in BALAD, IRAQ, from HOSTILE.
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.
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
Kerchief-powell, Willard Monroe Iii 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.
