Meyer, Brandon Abbott
From ORANGE, CA, SPC Meyer, Brandon Abbott served with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 8TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, and died on January 28, 2008 in MOSUL, IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.
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Meyer, Brandon Abbott of ORANGE, CA, 20 years old, served in the ARMY with COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 8TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 3 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO at the rank of SPC ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on January 28, 2008 in MOSUL, IRAQ, from HOSTILE.
In the later years of OIF, the surge had reduced violence significantly. But Americans continued to die ? IEDs, snipers, crashes ? as the mission shifted toward transition and withdrawal.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: January 28, 2008. Hometown: ORANGE, CA.
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Meyer, Brandon Abbott 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.