Mcfarlane, Dwayne James Jr
From CASS LAKE, MN, SPC Mcfarlane, Dwayne James Jr served with the ARMY, HHC, 2D BN, 15TH FA, (TF BAGHDAD), 10TH MTN DIV, FORT DRUM, NY, and died on January 9, 2005 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.
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From CASS LAKE, MN, SPC Mcfarlane, Dwayne James Jr, serving with HHC, 2D BN, 15TH FA, (TF BAGHDAD), 10TH MTN DIV, FORT DRUM, NY, was 20 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
January 9, 2005 ? Mcfarlane, Dwayne James Jr died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2005.
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.
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Mcfarlane, Dwayne James Jr 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.