Smith, Aaron Amponsah
Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY C, 4TH BATTALION, 27TH FIELD ARTILLERY, (4 ID), BAMBERG, GERMANY, SGT Smith, Aaron Amponsah of KILLEEN, TX, 31, died in 10TH CSH, BAGHDAD on September 14, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, BATTERY C, 4TH BATTALION, 27TH FIELD ARTILLERY, (4 ID), BAMBERG, GERMANY, sent Smith, Aaron Amponsah of KILLEEN, TX, then 31, ? SGT ? to Iraq.
On September 14, 2006, he died in 10TH CSH, BAGHDAD ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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 members of BATTERY C, 4TH BATTALION, 27TH FIELD ARTILLERY, (4 ID), BAMBERG, GERMANY who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Smith, Aaron Amponsah 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.