Pickett, Tyler Edward
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Verified In KIRKUK, IRAQ on June 8, 2008, the ARMY lost SSG Pickett, Tyler Edward of SARATOGA, WY, 28, serving with COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 22D INFANTRY, 1 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SSG Pickett, Tyler Edward, from SARATOGA, WY, at age 28, with COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 22D INFANTRY, 1 BCT, FORT DRUM, NY, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
On June 8, 2008, he died in KIRKUK, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
In the later years of OIF, the surge had reduced violence significantly. But Americans continued to die ? IEDs, snipers, crashes ? as the mission shifted toward transition and withdrawal.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: June 8, 2008. Hometown: SARATOGA, WY.
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Pickett, Tyler Edward 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.
