Sparks, Gina Renae

Also known as: SSG, 115TH FIELD HOSPITAL, FORT POLK, LA 71459

Combatant

Female Verified

DiedOctober 4, 2004

Age35 years old

Location of DeathFORT POLK, UNITED STATES

Cause of DeathKilled in action

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

At 35, SSG Sparks, Gina Renae of DRURY, MO was serving with the ARMY, 115TH FIELD HOSPITAL, FORT POLK, LA 71459, when she died in FORT POLK, UNITED STATES on October 4, 2004.

Their Story

Sparks, Gina Renae was 35 and from DRURY, MO when she joined the Active Duty, ARMY, 115TH FIELD HOSPITAL, FORT POLK, LA 71459 as SSG. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take her life.

She did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded her death on October 4, 2004 in FORT POLK, UNITED STATES.

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: October 4, 2004. Hometown: DRURY, MO.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Sparks, Gina Renae 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.

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