Payne, William Lee

Also known as: MSG, HHC 2D BATTALION 70TH ARMOR, FORT RILEY, KS 66442

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedMay 16, 2003

Age46 years old

Location of DeathHASWAH, IRAQ

Cause of DeathKilled in action

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

In HASWAH, IRAQ on May 16, 2003, the ARMY lost MSG Payne, William Lee of WATERVLIET, MI, 46, serving with HHC 2D BATTALION 70TH ARMOR, FORT RILEY, KS 66442.

Their Story

Payne, William Lee of WATERVLIET, MI, 46 years old, served in the ARMY with HHC 2D BATTALION 70TH ARMOR, FORT RILEY, KS 66442 at the rank of MSG ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.

On May 16, 2003, he died in HASWAH, IRAQ. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.

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 ARMY recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Payne, William Lee 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.

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