Summers, Vincent Earl
SSG Summers, Vincent Earl, 38, a native of SOUTH HAVEN, MI, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 69TH ARMOR, (2 MEF), FORT BENNING, GA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on October 15, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SSG Summers, Vincent Earl, from SOUTH HAVEN, MI, at age 38, with COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 69TH ARMOR, (2 MEF), FORT BENNING, GA, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
On October 15, 2005, the ARMY lost SSG Summers, Vincent Earl in AR RAMADI, IRAQ. He was 38. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
The members of COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 69TH ARMOR, (2 MEF), FORT BENNING, GA who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Summers, Vincent Earl 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.