Richard, Joseph Avie Iii
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Verified Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 4TH BRIGADE SPECIAL TROOP BATTALION, 4 BCT, FORT POLK, LA, SGT Richard, Joseph Avie Iii of SAINT MARTINVILLE, LA, 27, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on April 14, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, COMPANY A, 4TH BRIGADE SPECIAL TROOP BATTALION, 4 BCT, FORT POLK, LA, sent Richard, Joseph Avie Iii of SAINT MARTINVILLE, LA, then 27, ? SGT ? to Iraq.
On April 14, 2008, the ARMY lost SGT Richard, Joseph Avie Iii in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 27. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
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 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
Richard, Joseph Avie Iii 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.
