Opat, Christopher Wesley
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Verified From SPENCER, IA, SPC Opat, Christopher Wesley served with the ARMY, TROOP D, 1ST SQUADRON, 14TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 3RD STRYKER BCT, JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA, and died on June 15, 2010 in BA`QUBAH, IRAQ. He was 29.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? TROOP D, 1ST SQUADRON, 14TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 3RD STRYKER BCT, JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA ? serving as SPC, Opat, Christopher Wesley was 29 and came from SPENCER, IA.
June 15, 2010 ? Opat, Christopher Wesley died in BA`QUBAH, IRAQ. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2010.
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 members of TROOP D, 1ST SQUADRON, 14TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 3RD STRYKER BCT, JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Opat, Christopher Wesley 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.
