Luff, David James Jr

David James Luff Jr. was a 29-year-old sergeant from Hamilton, Ohio, serving with Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, based at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. He deployed to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn.

According to U.S. Department of Defense casualty reports, Sergeant Luff died on November 21, 2010, in Tikrit, Iraq, from wounds sustained in a hostile incident. The specific details of the engagement were not publicly released by the military.

His death occurred during Operation New Dawn, the final phase of the U.S. military mission in Iraq that began in September 2010. The operation, which succeeded Operation Iraqi Freedom, formally concluded with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in December 2011.

Sergeant Luff's death was reported by the Department of Defense and noted in local Ohio media. He was one of at least 66 U.S. service members who died during the 15-month Operation New Dawn period.

Sergeant Luff is memorialized on the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment's 'Wolfhounds' unit roll and on the Iraq War memorial at the Ohio Veterans Memorial Park in Clinton. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Row 118 of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum's memorial for post-9/11 war dead.

Sergeant Luff was killed during Operation New Dawn (2010?2011). The conflict concluded in December 2011. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Jenkins, Phillip Chad, Mcclamrock, James Fleet, Hansen, James Arthur, Burner, John Franklin Iii.

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