Pusateri, Christopher Michael
Active Duty, ARMY, D CO, 2D BN, 325TH AIRBORNE INF REGIMENT, 82D INF DIV, FORT BRAGG, NC, SGT Pusateri, Christopher Michael of CORNING, NY, 21, died in BALAD, IRAQ on February 16, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? D CO, 2D BN, 325TH AIRBORNE INF REGIMENT, 82D INF DIV, FORT BRAGG, NC ? serving as SGT, Pusateri, Christopher Michael was 21 and came from CORNING, NY.
February 16, 2005 ? Pusateri, Christopher Michael died in BALAD, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2005.
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: February 16, 2005. Hometown: CORNING, NY.
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Pusateri, Christopher Michael 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.