Messer, Christopher Paul
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Verified SGT Messer, Christopher Paul, age 28, of PETERSBURG, MI ? Active Duty, ARMY, WEAPONS COMPANY, 4TH BATTALION, 31ST INFANTRY, FORT DRUM, NY, ? died on December 27, 2006 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SGT Messer, Christopher Paul, from PETERSBURG, MI, at age 28, with WEAPONS COMPANY, 4TH BATTALION, 31ST INFANTRY, FORT DRUM, NY, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
Killed on December 27, 2006 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Messer, Christopher 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: December 27, 2006. Hometown: PETERSBURG, MI.
Explore Further
Messer, Christopher 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.
