Spakosky, Philip Ian
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Verified A COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 37TH ARMOR REGIMENT, (1AD), APO AE 09074, ARMY ? SPC Spakosky, Philip Ian (BROWNS MILLS, NJ), age 25, ? died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on May 14, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From BROWNS MILLS, NJ, SPC Spakosky, Philip Ian, serving with A COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 37TH ARMOR REGIMENT, (1AD), APO AE 09074, was 25 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
May 14, 2004 ? Spakosky, Philip Ian died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2004.
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
Spakosky, Philip Ian 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.
