Kesterson, Erik Clayton
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Verified WO1 Kesterson, Erik Clayton, age 29, of MONMOUTH, OR ? Reserve, ARMY, COMPANY B 9TH BATTALION 101ST AVIATION REGIMENT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY 42223, ? died on November 15, 2003 in MOSUL, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From MONMOUTH, OR, WO1 Kesterson, Erik Clayton, serving with COMPANY B 9TH BATTALION 101ST AVIATION REGIMENT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY 42223, was 29 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
Killed on November 15, 2003 in MOSUL, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Kesterson, Erik Clayton was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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: November 15, 2003. Hometown: MONMOUTH, OR.
Explore Further
Kesterson, Erik Clayton 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.
