Rankinen, Shawn Phillip
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Verified From INDEPENDENCE, MO, SPC Rankinen, Shawn Phillip served with the ARMY, TROOP D, 2D SQUADRON, 5TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX, and died on March 7, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 28. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, TROOP D, 2D SQUADRON, 5TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX, sent Rankinen, Shawn Phillip of INDEPENDENCE, MO, then 28, ? SPC ? to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on March 7, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ, from HOSTILE.
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.
The ARMY classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Rankinen, Shawn Phillip 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.
