Lucas, Joseph Alan
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Verified SPC Lucas, Joseph Alan, 23, a native of AUGUSTA, GA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP A, 5TH SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, 1 BCT (TF BAGHDAD), FORT STEWART, GA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 15, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SPC Lucas, Joseph Alan, from AUGUSTA, GA, at age 23, with TROOP A, 5TH SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, 1 BCT (TF BAGHDAD), FORT STEWART, GA, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
On December 15, 2005, 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.
The members of TROOP A, 5TH SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, 1 BCT (TF BAGHDAD), FORT STEWART, GA who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Lucas, Joseph Alan 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.
