Schiller, Rhett William
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Verified CPT Schiller, Rhett William, 26, a native of WATERFORD, WI, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP C, 5TH SQUADRON, 73D CAVALRY, [25 ID], FORT BRAGG, NC, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 16, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Schiller, Rhett William of WATERFORD, WI, 26 years old, served in the ARMY with TROOP C, 5TH SQUADRON, 73D CAVALRY, [25 ID], FORT BRAGG, NC at the rank of CPT ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
November 16, 2006 ? Schiller, Rhett William died in BALAD, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2006.
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
Schiller, Rhett William 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.
