Smith, Shannon Michael
Male
Verified 545TH MP CO, 607TH MP BN, 8TH MP BDE, FORT RICHARDSON, AK, ARMY ? SSG Smith, Shannon Michael (MARION, OH), age 31, ? died in TIKRIT, IRAQ on September 8, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? 545TH MP CO, 607TH MP BN, 8TH MP BDE, FORT RICHARDSON, AK ? serving as SSG, Smith, Shannon Michael was 31 and came from MARION, OH.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on September 8, 2009 in TIKRIT, 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, Shannon Michael 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.
