Sayles, Phillip Nicholas
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Verified On May 28, 2005, the ARMY lost SPC Sayles, Phillip Nicholas of JACKSONVILLE, AR in MOSUL, IRAQ. He was 26. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SPC Sayles, Phillip Nicholas, from JACKSONVILLE, AR, at age 26, with CO B,1ST BN, 24 INF, 25TH INF DIV (MNF-NW), FORT LEWIS, WA, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
On May 28, 2005, he died in MOSUL, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: May 28, 2005. Hometown: JACKSONVILLE, AR.
Explore Further
Sayles, Phillip Nicholas 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.
