Murphy, Shawn Matthew
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Verified COMPANY C, 3D BATTALION, 509TH INFANTRY, FORT RICHARDSON, AK, ARMY ? SPC Murphy, Shawn Matthew (FORT BRAGG, NC), age 24, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 10, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SPC Murphy, Shawn Matthew, from FORT BRAGG, NC, at age 24, with COMPANY C, 3D BATTALION, 509TH INFANTRY, FORT RICHARDSON, AK, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
The date recorded for his death: December 10, 2006. Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: December 10, 2006. Hometown: FORT BRAGG, NC.
Explore Further
Murphy, Shawn Matthew 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.
