Neel, Phillip Isaac
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Verified At 27, 1LT Neel, Phillip Isaac of FREDERICKSBURG, TX was serving with the ARMY, TROOP A, 3D SQUADRON, 8TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX, when he died in BALAD, IRAQ on April 8, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? TROOP A, 3D SQUADRON, 8TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX ? serving as 1LT, Neel, Phillip Isaac was 27 and came from FREDERICKSBURG, TX.
Killed on April 8, 2007 in BALAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Neel, Phillip Isaac was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
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
Neel, Phillip Isaac 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.
