Mercer, Chad Michael
At 25, SSG Mercer, Chad Michael of WAYCROSS, GA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 121ST INFANTRY (TF BAGHDAD), FITZGERALD, GA, when he died in 86TH CSH, BAGHDAD on June 30, 2005.
Their Story
SSG Mercer, Chad Michael, 25 years old, grew up in WAYCROSS, GA and served as National Guard in the ARMY with COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 121ST INFANTRY (TF BAGHDAD), FITZGERALD, GA during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On June 30, 2005, he died in 86TH CSH, BAGHDAD. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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 recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Mercer, Chad Michael 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.