Taylor, Keith Edward
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Verified On January 29, 2005, the NAVY lost LCDR Taylor, Keith Edward of IRVINE, CA in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 47. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From IRVINE, CA, LCDR Taylor, Keith Edward, serving with COMUSNAVCENTFOR DET IRAQ, was 47 years old when he deployed with the NAVY to Iraq.
The date recorded for his death: January 29, 2005. Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: 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.
The NAVY 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
Taylor, Keith Edward 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.
