Smith, Orenthial Javon
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Verified At 21, SGT Smith, Orenthial Javon of ALLENDALE, SC was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A 123RD MAINTENANCE SERVICE BATTALION, APO AE 09111, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on June 22, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Smith, Orenthial Javon of ALLENDALE, SC, 21 years old, served in the ARMY with COMPANY A 123RD MAINTENANCE SERVICE BATTALION, APO AE 09111 at the rank of SGT ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
Killed on June 22, 2003 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Smith, Orenthial Javon 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 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, Orenthial Javon 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.
