Splinter, Christopher Jon
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Verified From PLATTEVILLE, WI, MAJ Splinter, Christopher Jon served with the ARMY, HHC, 5TH ENGINEER BATTALION, FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO 65473, and died on December 24, 2003 in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 43. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as MAJ Splinter, Christopher Jon, from PLATTEVILLE, WI, at age 43, with HHC, 5TH ENGINEER BATTALION, FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO 65473, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on December 24, 2003 in BALAD, IRAQ, from HOSTILE.
In the first year of occupation, military victory gave way to an insurgency the US hadn't planned for. Disbanding the Iraqi army created a vacuum. Armed groups filled it immediately.
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
Splinter, Christopher Jon 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.
