Salem, Adriana Nicole
SPC Salem, Adriana Nicole, 21, a native of ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, A CO, 3D FORWARD SUPPORT BN, 3 ID, (TF LIBERTY), FORT STEWART, GA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 4, 2005.
Their Story
From ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL, SPC Salem, Adriana Nicole, serving with A CO, 3D FORWARD SUPPORT BN, 3 ID, (TF LIBERTY), FORT STEWART, GA, was 21 years old when she deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
She did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded her death on March 4, 2005 in TIKRIT, 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 her death in the line of duty. Her name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Salem, Adriana Nicole 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.