Tiffner, Benjamin David
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Verified Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 5TH BATTALION, 5TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, CPT Tiffner, Benjamin David of PIGEON, WV, 31, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on November 7, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as CPT Tiffner, Benjamin David, from PIGEON, WV, at age 31, with COMPANY C, 5TH BATTALION, 5TH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
On November 7, 2007, 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.
PIGEON, WV is where Tiffner, Benjamin David came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
Explore Further
Tiffner, Benjamin David 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.
