Mckinley, Eric Scott
From CORVALLIS, OR, SPC Mckinley, Eric Scott served with the ARMY, B COMPANY, 2ND BN, 162ND INFANTRY REGIMENT (1 CAV) CORVALLIS, OR 97330-2599, and died on June 13, 2004 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Mckinley, Eric Scott of CORVALLIS, OR, 24 years old, served in the ARMY with B COMPANY, 2ND BN, 162ND INFANTRY REGIMENT (1 CAV) CORVALLIS, OR 97330-2599 at the rank of SPC ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
On June 13, 2004, the ARMY lost SPC Mckinley, Eric Scott in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 24. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
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 members of B COMPANY, 2ND BN, 162ND INFANTRY REGIMENT (1 CAV) CORVALLIS, OR 97330-2599 who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Mckinley, Eric Scott 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.