Mackenzie, Tyler Ryan
PFC Mackenzie, Tyler Ryan, 20, a native of EVANS, CO, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 502D INFANTRY (TF BAGHDAD), FORT CAMPBELL, KY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 2, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as PFC Mackenzie, Tyler Ryan, from EVANS, CO, at age 20, with COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 502D INFANTRY (TF BAGHDAD), FORT CAMPBELL, KY, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
Killed on November 2, 2005 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Mackenzie, Tyler Ryan was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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: November 2, 2005. Hometown: EVANS, CO.
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Mackenzie, Tyler 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.