Perez, Emily Jazmin Tatum
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Verified 2LT Perez, Emily Jazmin Tatum, age 23, of TX ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 204TH SUPPORT BATTALION, 2BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, ? died on September 12, 2006 in AL KIFL, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Perez, Emily Jazmin Tatum of TX, 23 years old, served in the ARMY with COMPANY C, 204TH SUPPORT BATTALION, 2BCT, FORT HOOD, TX at the rank of 2LT ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
September 12, 2006 ? Perez, Emily Jazmin Tatum died in AL KIFL, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed her death in 2006.
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 her death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. Her name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Perez, Emily Jazmin Tatum 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.
