Mason, Collin Tyree
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Verified COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 66TH ARMOR, 1 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, ARMY ? SPC Mason, Collin Tyree (STATEN ISLAND, NY), age 20, ? died in TAJI, IRAQ on July 2, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 66TH ARMOR, 1 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, sent Mason, Collin Tyree of STATEN ISLAND, NY, then 20, ? SPC ? to Iraq.
On July 2, 2006, he died in TAJI, 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 ARMY classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Mason, Collin Tyree 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.
