Priestner, John Richard
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Verified From LERAYSVILLE, PA, CW4 Priestner, John Richard served with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 82D AVIATION, FORT BRAGG, NC, and died on November 6, 2006 in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 42.
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From LERAYSVILLE, PA, CW4 Priestner, John Richard, serving with COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 82D AVIATION, FORT BRAGG, NC, was 42 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on November 6, 2006 in BALAD, 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: November 6, 2006. Hometown: LERAYSVILLE, PA.
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Priestner, John Richard 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.
