Simmons, Windell Jeryd
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Verified In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on September 21, 2006, the ARMY lost CPL Simmons, Windell Jeryd of HOPKINSVILLE, KY, 20, serving with HHC, 3D BATTALION, 67TH ARMOR, 4 BCT, (4 ID), FORT HOOD, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, HHC, 3D BATTALION, 67TH ARMOR, 4 BCT, (4 ID), FORT HOOD, TX, sent Simmons, Windell Jeryd of HOPKINSVILLE, KY, then 20, ? CPL ? to Iraq.
The date recorded for his death: September 21, 2006. Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
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 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
Simmons, Windell Jeryd 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.
