Shank, Neale Moran
From FORT WAYNE, IN, 1LT Shank, Neale Moran served with the ARMY, HHT, 1ST SQUADRON, 89TH CAVALRY, 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT DRUM, NY, and died on March 31, 2007 in CAMP STRIKER, IRAQ. He was 25.
Their Story
Shank, Neale Moran of FORT WAYNE, IN, 25 years old, served in the ARMY with HHT, 1ST SQUADRON, 89TH CAVALRY, 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, FORT DRUM, NY at the rank of 1LT ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on March 31, 2007 in CAMP STRIKER, IRAQ.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: March 31, 2007. Hometown: FORT WAYNE, IN.
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Shank, Neale Moran 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.