Slater, Michael Jason
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Verified Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 407TH COMBAT SUPPORT BATTALION, 2 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, PFC Slater, Michael Jason of SCOTT DEPOT, WV, 19, died in TAJI, IRAQ on April 21, 2007.
Their Story
Serving as PFC Slater, Michael Jason, from SCOTT DEPOT, WV, at age 19, with COMPANY A, 407TH COMBAT SUPPORT BATTALION, 2 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
The date recorded for his death: April 21, 2007. Location: TAJI, IRAQ.
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.
Explore Further
Slater, Michael Jason 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.
