Mclaughlin, Michael Erich
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Verified At 44, LTC Mclaughlin, Michael Erich of MERCER, PA was serving with the ARMY, HHC, 2D BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, 28TH INFANTRY DIVISION, (2 MEF) WASHINGTON, PA, when he died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ on January 5, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From MERCER, PA, LTC Mclaughlin, Michael Erich, serving with HHC, 2D BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, 28TH INFANTRY DIVISION, (2 MEF) WASHINGTON, PA, was 44 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on January 5, 2006 in AR RAMADI, IRAQ, from 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 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
Mclaughlin, Michael Erich 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.
