Sietsema, Ashley
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Verified SPC Sietsema, Ashley, 20, a native of MELROSE PARK, IL, died serving in the National Guard, ARMY, 708TH MEDICAL COMPANY (GA), 108TH MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MEDICAL BATTALION, NORTH RIVERSIDE, IL, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 12, 2007.
Their Story
The ARMY, 708TH MEDICAL COMPANY (GA), 108TH MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MEDICAL BATTALION, NORTH RIVERSIDE, IL, sent Sietsema, Ashley of MELROSE PARK, IL, then 20, ? SPC ? to Iraq.
She did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded her death on November 12, 2007 in ALI AL SALEM, KUWAIT.
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 recorded her death in the line of duty. Her name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Sietsema, Ashley 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.
