Mintzlaff, Brian Lee
At 34, SSG Mintzlaff, Brian Lee of GRAND PRAIRIE, TX was serving with the ARMY, HHT, 2D SQUADRON, 8TH CAVALRY, 1 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, when he died in TAJI, IRAQ on December 18, 2006.
Their Story
Serving as SSG Mintzlaff, Brian Lee, from GRAND PRAIRIE, TX, at age 34, with HHT, 2D SQUADRON, 8TH CAVALRY, 1 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on December 18, 2006 in TAJI, IRAQ.
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.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX is where Mintzlaff, Brian Lee came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
Explore Further
Mintzlaff, Brian Lee 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.