Sanders, Justin Troy Gadel
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Verified On August 29, 2007, the ARMY lost PV2 Sanders, Justin Troy Gadel of WATSON, LA in TAJI, IRAQ. He was 22.
Their Story
Sanders, Justin Troy Gadel was 22 and from WATSON, LA when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP A, 2D SQUADRON, 8TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX as PV2. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
On August 29, 2007, he died in TAJI, IRAQ. 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.
WATSON, LA is where Sanders, Justin Troy Gadel came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
Explore Further
Sanders, Justin Troy Gadel 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.
