Melton, Kenneth Alan
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Verified SPC Melton, Kenneth Alan, 30, a native of PLEASANT PLAINS, AR, died serving in the National Guard, ARMY, CO B, 3RD BN/153RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, BATESVILLE, AR 72501-8943, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 25, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Melton, Kenneth Alan was 30 and from PLEASANT PLAINS, AR when he joined the National Guard, ARMY, CO B, 3RD BN/153RD INFANTRY REGIMENT, BATESVILLE, AR 72501-8943 as SPC. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
Killed on April 25, 2004 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Melton, Kenneth Alan was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
In the first year of occupation, military victory gave way to an insurgency the US hadn't planned for. Disbanding the Iraqi army created a vacuum. Armed groups filled it immediately.
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
Melton, Kenneth Alan 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.
