Petriken, Brett James
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Verified At 30, SSG Petriken, Brett James of FLINT, MI was serving with the ARMY, 501ST MILITARY POLICE DIVISION, APO AE 09263, when he died in SAMAWAH, IRAQ on May 26, 2003.
Their Story
SSG Petriken, Brett James, 30 years old, grew up in FLINT, MI and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with 501ST MILITARY POLICE DIVISION, APO AE 09263 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Killed on May 26, 2003 in SAMAWAH, IRAQ, Petriken, Brett James was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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.
Explore Further
Petriken, Brett James 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.
