Thibodeaux, Joseph Clarence Iii
Male
Verified HHC, 2D BATTALION, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION (1 ID) SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI 96857, ARMY ? CPL Thibodeaux, Joseph Clarence Iii (LAFAYETTE, LA), age 24, ? died in HAWIJAH, IRAQ on September 1, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
CPL Thibodeaux, Joseph Clarence Iii, 24 years old, grew up in LAFAYETTE, LA and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with HHC, 2D BATTALION, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION (1 ID) SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI 96857 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On September 1, 2004, he died in HAWIJAH, 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
Thibodeaux, Joseph Clarence Iii 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.
