Odums, Charles Edward Ii
From SANDUSKY, OH, SPC Odums, Charles Edward Ii served with the ARMY, HHC, 1ST BN, 8TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION, FORT HOOD, TX 76544, and died on May 31, 2004 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
SPC Odums, Charles Edward Ii, 22 years old, grew up in SANDUSKY, OH and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with HHC, 1ST BN, 8TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION, FORT HOOD, TX 76544 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On May 31, 2004, the ARMY lost SPC Odums, Charles Edward Ii in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 22. 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: May 31, 2004. Hometown: SANDUSKY, OH.
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Odums, Charles Edward Ii 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.