Sanders, Christopher Alan
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Verified HHT, 3D SQUADRON, 2D CAVALRY, VILSECK, GERMANY, ARMY ? SGT Sanders, Christopher Alan (ROSWELL, NM), age 22, ? died in SINSIL, IRAQ on January 9, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Sanders, Christopher Alan was 22 and from ROSWELL, NM when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, HHT, 3D SQUADRON, 2D CAVALRY, VILSECK, GERMANY as SGT. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
Killed on January 9, 2008 in SINSIL, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Sanders, Christopher Alan 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.
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
Sanders, Christopher Alan 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.
