Lennon, Cedric Lamont
At 32, SPC Lennon, Cedric Lamont of WEST BLOCTON, AL was serving with the ARMY, HHD 1ST BATTALION 2ND ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT, FORT POLK, LA 71459, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on June 24, 2003.
Their Story
Lennon, Cedric Lamont was 32 and from WEST BLOCTON, AL when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, HHD 1ST BATTALION 2ND ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT, FORT POLK, LA 71459 as SPC. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
June 24, 2003 ? Lennon, Cedric Lamont died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2003.
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 recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Lennon, Cedric Lamont 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.