Persing, Charles Clayton
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Verified PFC Persing, Charles Clayton, age 20, of ALBANY, LA ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 32ND INFANTRY, 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION, FORT DRUM, NY, ? died on July 19, 2004 in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Persing, Charles Clayton was 20 and from ALBANY, LA when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 32ND INFANTRY, 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION, FORT DRUM, NY as PFC. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
On July 19, 2004, the ARMY lost PFC Persing, Charles Clayton in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ. He was 20. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
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 COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 32ND INFANTRY, 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION, FORT DRUM, NY who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Persing, Charles Clayton 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.
