Rogers, Philip Gerard

Also known as: SPC, HHC, 296TH COMBAT SUPPORT BATTALION, 3D BRIGADE (2ID), FORT LEWIS, WA 98433

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedApril 4, 2004

Age23 years old

Location of DeathMOSUL, IRAQ

Cause of DeathHOSTILE

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 296TH COMBAT SUPPORT BATTALION, 3D BRIGADE (2ID), FORT LEWIS, WA 98433, SPC Rogers, Philip Gerard of GRESHAM, OR, 23, died in MOSUL, IRAQ on April 4, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Their Story

Serving as SPC Rogers, Philip Gerard, from GRESHAM, OR, at age 23, with HHC, 296TH COMBAT SUPPORT BATTALION, 3D BRIGADE (2ID), FORT LEWIS, WA 98433, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.

April 4, 2004 ? Rogers, Philip Gerard died in MOSUL, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2004.

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: April 4, 2004. Hometown: GRESHAM, OR.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Rogers, Philip Gerard 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.

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