Swisher, Christopher Wayne
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Verified From LINCOLN, NE, SSG Swisher, Christopher Wayne served with the ARMY, TROOP E 2D SQUADRON 2D ARMOR CAVALRY REGIMENT, FORT POLK, LA 71459, and died on October 9, 2003 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 26. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Swisher, Christopher Wayne of LINCOLN, NE, 26 years old, served in the ARMY with TROOP E 2D SQUADRON 2D ARMOR CAVALRY REGIMENT, FORT POLK, LA 71459 at the rank of SSG ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
On October 9, 2003, he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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
Swisher, Christopher Wayne 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.
