Seale, Stephen Albert
At 25, SSG Seale, Stephen Albert of MARTINSBURG, WV was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, (2 BCT), FORT CAMPBELL, KY, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on August 6, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, COMPANY A, SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, (2 BCT), FORT CAMPBELL, KY, sent Seale, Stephen Albert of MARTINSBURG, WV, then 25, ? SSG ? to Iraq.
On August 6, 2006, he died in BAGHDAD, 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.
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
Seale, Stephen Albert 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.