Parker, James David
From COLLEGE STATION, TX, PFC Parker, James David served with the ARMY, HHC 588TH ENGINEER BATTALION 2ND BRIGADE, 4TH ID, FORT HOOD, TX 76544, and died on January 21, 2004 in BAQUBAH, IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.
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From COLLEGE STATION, TX, PFC Parker, James David, serving with HHC 588TH ENGINEER BATTALION 2ND BRIGADE, 4TH ID, FORT HOOD, TX 76544, was 20 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
On January 21, 2004, he died in BAQUBAH, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
In the first year of occupation, military victory gave way to an insurgency the US hadn't planned for. Disbanding the Iraqi army created a vacuum. Armed groups filled it immediately.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: January 21, 2004. Hometown: COLLEGE STATION, TX.
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Parker, James David 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.