Smith, Paul Ray
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Verified SFC Smith, Paul Ray, age 33, of TAMPA, FL ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 11TH ENGINEER BATTALION, FORT STEWART, GEORGIA, ? died on April 4, 2003 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? COMPANY B, 11TH ENGINEER BATTALION, FORT STEWART, GEORGIA ? serving as SFC, Smith, Paul Ray was 33 and came from TAMPA, FL.
On April 4, 2003, the ARMY lost SFC Smith, Paul Ray in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 33. The ARMY recorded the cause as 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, Paul Ray 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.
