Sims, Kafele H
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Verified CPT Sims, Kafele H, 32, a native of LOS ANGELES, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 18TH ENGINEER BRIGADE, TOMPKINS BARRACKS, GERMANY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 16, 2009.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? HHC, 18TH ENGINEER BRIGADE, TOMPKINS BARRACKS, GERMANY ? serving as CPT, Sims, Kafele H was 32 and came from LOS ANGELES, CA.
Killed on June 16, 2009 in MOSUL, IRAQ, Sims, Kafele H was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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 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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Sims, Kafele H 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.
