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Shields, Andrew Carl

Also known as: 1LT, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 151ST AVIATION, EASTOVER, SC 29044
Combatant Male Verified
DiedDecember 9, 2004
Age25 years old
Location of DeathMOSUL, IRAQ
Cause of DeathKilled in action

In MOSUL, IRAQ on December 9, 2004, the ARMY lost 1LT Shields, Andrew Carl of CAMPOBELLO, SC, 25, serving with COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 151ST AVIATION, EASTOVER, SC 29044.

Their Story

A National Guard member of the ARMY ? COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 151ST AVIATION, EASTOVER, SC 29044 ? serving as 1LT, Shields, Andrew Carl was 25 and came from CAMPOBELLO, SC.

He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on December 9, 2004 in MOSUL, IRAQ.

In the first year of occupation, military victory gave way to an insurgency the US hadn't planned for. Disbanding the Iraqi army created a vacuum. Armed groups filled it immediately.

The ARMY recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.

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Shields, Andrew Carl 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.

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