Schmidt, Ronald Andrew
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Verified At 18, SPC Schmidt, Ronald Andrew of NEWTON, KS was serving with the ARMY, BATTERY C, 1ST BATTALION, 161ST FIELD ARTILLERY, KINGMAN, KS, when he died in BALAD, IRAQ on August 3, 2008.
Their Story
Serving as SPC Schmidt, Ronald Andrew, from NEWTON, KS, at age 18, with BATTERY C, 1ST BATTALION, 161ST FIELD ARTILLERY, KINGMAN, KS, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
August 3, 2008 ? Schmidt, Ronald Andrew died in BALAD, IRAQ. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2008.
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: August 3, 2008. Hometown: NEWTON, KS.
Explore Further
Schmidt, Ronald Andrew 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.
