Sakoda, Steve Makoto
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Verified In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on April 29, 2006, the ARMY lost SGT Sakoda, Steve Makoto of HILO, HI, 29, serving with TROOP B, 1ST SQUADRON, 75TH CAV, 2D BCT, 101ST AA, (4 ID), FORT CAMPBELL, KY. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
SGT Sakoda, Steve Makoto, 29 years old, grew up in HILO, HI and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with TROOP B, 1ST SQUADRON, 75TH CAV, 2D BCT, 101ST AA, (4 ID), FORT CAMPBELL, KY during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On April 29, 2006, he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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
Sakoda, Steve Makoto 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.
