Mason, Johnnie Vell
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Verified SSG Mason, Johnnie Vell, 32, a native of RIO VISTA, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 717TH ORDNANCE COMPANY, (TF BAGHDAD), FORT CAMPBELL, KY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 19, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From RIO VISTA, TX, SSG Mason, Johnnie Vell, serving with 717TH ORDNANCE COMPANY, (TF BAGHDAD), FORT CAMPBELL, KY, was 32 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on December 19, 2005 in AL MAHMUDIYAH, IRAQ, from HOSTILE.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
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, Johnnie Vell 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.
