Paton, Justin Travis
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Verified At 24, PFC Paton, Justin Travis of ALANSON, MI was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 8TH ARMOR [1 CAV], FORT HOOD, TX, when he died in BALAD, IRAQ on February 17, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
PFC Paton, Justin Travis, 24 years old, grew up in ALANSON, MI and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 8TH ARMOR [1 CAV], FORT HOOD, TX during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Killed on February 17, 2007 in BALAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Paton, Justin Travis 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
Paton, Justin Travis 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.
