Smitherman, Brandon William
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Verified CPL Smitherman, Brandon William, age 21, of CONROE, TX ? Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP E, 2D SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, 4 BCT, FORT BLISS, TX, ? died on October 31, 2007 in MOSUL, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Smitherman, Brandon William of CONROE, TX, 21 years old, served in the ARMY with TROOP E, 2D SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, 4 BCT, FORT BLISS, TX at the rank of CPL ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
On October 31, 2007, the ARMY lost CPL Smitherman, Brandon William in MOSUL, IRAQ. He was 21. 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
Smitherman, Brandon William 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.