Snell, Eric Lamar
On June 18, 2007, the ARMY lost SGT Snell, Eric Lamar of TRENTON, NJ in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 35. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SGT Snell, Eric Lamar, from TRENTON, NJ, at age 35, with TROOP B, 3D SQUADRON, 61ST CAVALRY, 4 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on June 18, 2007 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: June 18, 2007. Hometown: TRENTON, NJ.
Explore Further
Snell, Eric Lamar 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.