Sams, Joey Tyrone Ii
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Verified PFC Sams, Joey Tyrone Ii, 22, a native of SPARTANBURG, SC, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 15TH INFANTRY, 3D BCT, FORT BENNING, GA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 21, 2007.
Their Story
From SPARTANBURG, SC, PFC Sams, Joey Tyrone Ii, serving with COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 15TH INFANTRY, 3D BCT, FORT BENNING, GA, was 22 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
On March 21, 2007, he died in CAMP BUEHRING, KUWAIT. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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.
SPARTANBURG, SC is where Sams, Joey Tyrone Ii came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
Explore Further
Sams, Joey Tyrone Ii 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.
