Rateb, Sameer Abdel Monem
Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 505TH INFANTRY, FORT BRAGG, NC, SGT Rateb, Sameer Abdel Monem of ABSECON, NJ, 22, died in FOB SUMMERALL, IRAQ on May 6, 2007.
Their Story
Rateb, Sameer Abdel Monem of ABSECON, NJ, 22 years old, served in the ARMY with COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 505TH INFANTRY, FORT BRAGG, NC at the rank of SGT ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
The date recorded for his death: May 6, 2007. Location: FOB SUMMERALL, 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.
The ARMY recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Rateb, Sameer Abdel Monem 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.