Pillen, Paul Jared
CW2 Pillen, Paul Jared, age 28, of KEYSTONE, SD ? National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY A, 249TH AVIATION, 18TH AVIATION BRIGADE, RAPID CITY, SD, ? died on October 18, 2005 in SALWA, KUWAIT.
Their Story
A National Guard member of the ARMY ? COMPANY A, 249TH AVIATION, 18TH AVIATION BRIGADE, RAPID CITY, SD ? serving as CW2, Pillen, Paul Jared was 28 and came from KEYSTONE, SD.
Killed on October 18, 2005 in SALWA, KUWAIT, Pillen, Paul Jared was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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.
KEYSTONE, SD is where Pillen, Paul Jared came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
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Pillen, Paul Jared 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.