Koch, Michael Eugene
Male
Verified From STATE COLLEGE, PA, CPO Koch, Michael Eugene served with the NAVY, NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE DEVELOPMENT GROUP, and died on February 4, 2008 in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 29. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the NAVY ? NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE DEVELOPMENT GROUP ? serving as CPO, Koch, Michael Eugene was 29 and came from STATE COLLEGE, PA.
On February 4, 2008, he died in BALAD, 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.
STATE COLLEGE, PA is where Koch, Michael Eugene came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
Explore Further
Koch, Michael Eugene 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.
