Self, John Thomas
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Verified 314TH SECURITY FORCES SQUADRON, LITTLE ROCK AFB, AR, AIR FORCE ? SSGT Self, John Thomas (PONTOTOC, MS), age 29, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on May 14, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From PONTOTOC, MS, SSGT Self, John Thomas, serving with 314TH SECURITY FORCES SQUADRON, LITTLE ROCK AFB, AR, was 29 years old when he deployed with the AIR FORCE to Iraq.
Killed on May 14, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Self, John Thomas was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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 AIR FORCE 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
Self, John Thomas 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.
