Kiernan, Christopher Spellman

Serving as SSG Kiernan, Christopher Spellman, from VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, at age 37, with COMPANY D, 1ST BATTALION, 5TH CAVALRY, 2 BCT, (1ID), FORT HOOD, TX, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.

On May 6, 2007, he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.

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.

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA is where Kiernan, Christopher Spellman came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.

Kiernan, Christopher Spellman 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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