Morton, Benjamin Charles
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Verified HHC, 1ST BN, 24TH INFANTRY, 25TH INFANTRY DIV, (TF OLYMPIA), FORT LEWIS, WA, ARMY ? SGT Morton, Benjamin Charles (WRIGHT, KS), age 24, ? died in MOSUL, IRAQ on May 22, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
SGT Morton, Benjamin Charles, 24 years old, grew up in WRIGHT, KS and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with HHC, 1ST BN, 24TH INFANTRY, 25TH INFANTRY DIV, (TF OLYMPIA), FORT LEWIS, WA during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On May 22, 2005, the ARMY lost SGT Morton, Benjamin Charles in MOSUL, IRAQ. He was 24. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
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 classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Morton, Benjamin Charles 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.
