Kinzer, William Scott Jr
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Verified SGT Kinzer, William Scott Jr, 27, a native of HENDERSONVILLE, NC, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HHT, 1ST SQUADRON, 4TH CAVALRY, (1ST INFANTRY DIVISION), SCHWEINFURT GE, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on January 26, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From HENDERSONVILLE, NC, SGT Kinzer, William Scott Jr, serving with HHT, 1ST SQUADRON, 4TH CAVALRY, (1ST INFANTRY DIVISION), SCHWEINFURT GE, was 27 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
On January 26, 2005, the ARMY lost SGT Kinzer, William Scott Jr in AL DALLUYAH, IRAQ. He was 27. 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
Kinzer, William Scott Jr 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.
