Merck, Dennis Paul
From EVANS, GA, SSG Merck, Dennis Paul served with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 878TH ENGINEER BATTALION, AUGUSTA, GA, and died on October 20, 2005 in CAMP STRYKER, IRAQ. He was 38.
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From EVANS, GA, SSG Merck, Dennis Paul, serving with COMPANY B, 878TH ENGINEER BATTALION, AUGUSTA, GA, was 38 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
Killed on October 20, 2005 in CAMP STRYKER, IRAQ, Merck, Dennis Paul was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: October 20, 2005. Hometown: EVANS, GA.
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Merck, Dennis Paul 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.