Mcdowell, Robert Matthew
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Verified SGT Mcdowell, Robert Matthew, 30, a native of DEER PARK, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 2 BCT, 10TH INFANTRY, FORT DRUM, NY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 1, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SGT Mcdowell, Robert Matthew, from DEER PARK, TX, at age 30, with HHC, SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 2 BCT, 10TH INFANTRY, FORT DRUM, NY, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
April 1, 2007 ? Mcdowell, Robert Matthew died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2007.
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
Mcdowell, Robert Matthew 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.
