Spates, Corey Emmett
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Verified SGT Spates, Corey Emmett, age 21, of LAGRANGE, GA ? Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP G, 2D SQUADRON, 3D ACR, FORT HOOD, TX, ? died on February 10, 2008 in BALAD RUZ, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? TROOP G, 2D SQUADRON, 3D ACR, FORT HOOD, TX ? serving as SGT, Spates, Corey Emmett was 21 and came from LAGRANGE, GA.
On February 10, 2008, the ARMY lost SGT Spates, Corey Emmett in BALAD RUZ, 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: February 10, 2008. Hometown: LAGRANGE, GA.
Explore Further
Spates, Corey Emmett 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.
