Soelzer, Christopher Frank
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Verified HHC 5TH ENGINEER BATTALION 1ST ENGINEER BRIGADE, FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO 65473, ARMY ? CPT Soelzer, Christopher Frank (STURGIS, SD), age 26, ? died in BALAD, IRAQ on December 24, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, HHC 5TH ENGINEER BATTALION 1ST ENGINEER BRIGADE, FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO 65473, sent Soelzer, Christopher Frank of STURGIS, SD, then 26, ? CPT ? to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on December 24, 2003 in BALAD, 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: December 24, 2003. Hometown: STURGIS, SD.
Explore Further
Soelzer, Christopher Frank 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.
