Pickering, Randy Wayne
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Verified In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 9, 2007, the ARMY lost SPC Pickering, Randy Wayne of BOVEY, MN, 31, serving with COMPANY B, 2D SQUADRON, VILSECK, GERMANY.
Their Story
Pickering, Randy Wayne was 31 and from BOVEY, MN when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 2D SQUADRON, VILSECK, GERMANY as SPC. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on December 9, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ.
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, 2D SQUADRON, VILSECK, GERMANY who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Explore Further
Pickering, Randy Wayne 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.
