Tollefson, John Oliver
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Verified In ASHRAF, IRAQ on July 27, 2005, the ARMY lost SPC Tollefson, John Oliver of FOND DU LAC, WI, 22, serving with 411TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, FORT HOOD, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Tollefson, John Oliver was 22 and from FOND DU LAC, WI when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, 411TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, FORT HOOD, TX as SPC. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on July 27, 2005 in ASHRAF, IRAQ, from 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 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
Tollefson, John Oliver 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.
