Salie, David James
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Verified From COLUMBUS, GA, SFC Salie, David James served with the ARMY, B COMPANY, 2D BATTALION, 69TH ARMOR, 3D INFANTRY DIVISION, FORT BENNING, GA, and died on February 14, 2005 in BA'QUBAH, IRAQ. He was 34. Cause: HOSTILE.
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Serving as SFC Salie, David James, from COLUMBUS, GA, at age 34, with B COMPANY, 2D BATTALION, 69TH ARMOR, 3D INFANTRY DIVISION, FORT BENNING, GA, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
Killed on February 14, 2005 in BA'QUBAH, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Salie, David James was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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: February 14, 2005. Hometown: COLUMBUS, GA.
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Salie, David James 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.
