Locker, Kenneth Edward Jr
SSG Locker, Kenneth Edward Jr, 28, a native of WAKEFIELD, NE, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP B, 5TH SQUADRON, 73D CAVALRY, 3 BCT, (25 ID), FORT BRAGG, NC, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 23, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
SSG Locker, Kenneth Edward Jr, 28 years old, grew up in WAKEFIELD, NE and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with TROOP B, 5TH SQUADRON, 73D CAVALRY, 3 BCT, (25 ID), FORT BRAGG, NC during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on April 23, 2007 in AS SADAH VILLAGE, IRAQ, from 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: April 23, 2007. Hometown: WAKEFIELD, NE.
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Locker, Kenneth Edward 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.