Kruse, Christopher Ryan
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Verified At 23, SGT Kruse, Christopher Ryan of EMPORIA, KS was serving with the ARMY, HHC, 2D BATTALION, 23D INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT LEWIS, WA, when he died in BALAD, IRAQ on November 13, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From EMPORIA, KS, SGT Kruse, Christopher Ryan, serving with HHC, 2D BATTALION, 23D INFANTRY, 4 BCT, FORT LEWIS, WA, was 23 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
The date recorded for his death: November 13, 2007. Location: BALAD, IRAQ. Cause: 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
Kruse, Christopher Ryan 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.