Smith, Jeremiah David
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Verified PFC Smith, Jeremiah David, age 25, of INDEPENDENCE, MO ? Active Duty, ARMY, 1ST BATTALION 34TH ARMOR, FORT RILEY, KS 66442, ? died on May 27, 2003 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? 1ST BATTALION 34TH ARMOR, FORT RILEY, KS 66442 ? serving as PFC, Smith, Jeremiah David was 25 and came from INDEPENDENCE, MO.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on May 27, 2003 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ, from 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
Smith, Jeremiah David 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.
