Thornsbury, Duane Anthony
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Verified Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 10TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, FORT CARSON, CO, SFC Thornsbury, Duane Anthony of BRIDGEPORT, WV, 30, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on September 12, 2009.
Their Story
From BRIDGEPORT, WV, SFC Thornsbury, Duane Anthony, serving with COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 10TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, FORT CARSON, CO, was 30 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
Killed on September 12, 2009 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ, Thornsbury, Duane Anthony was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: September 12, 2009. Hometown: BRIDGEPORT, WV.
Explore Further
Thornsbury, Duane Anthony 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.
