Shepherd, Kristopher Linwood
Male
Verified 767TH ORDNANCE COMPANY, 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION, (TF BAGHDAD) FORT MCNAIR, DC, ARMY ? SSG Shepherd, Kristopher Linwood (LYNCHBURG, VA), age 26, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on February 11, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SSG Shepherd, Kristopher Linwood, from LYNCHBURG, VA, at age 26, with 767TH ORDNANCE COMPANY, 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION, (TF BAGHDAD) FORT MCNAIR, DC, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
On February 11, 2005, the ARMY lost SSG Shepherd, Kristopher Linwood in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 26. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
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.
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
Shepherd, Kristopher Linwood 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.
