Torres, Richard
Male
Verified Reserve, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 32ND INFANTRY, FORT DRUM, NY 13602, 2LT Torres, Richard of CLARKSVILLE, TN, 25, died in ISKANDARIYAH, IRAQ on October 6, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as 2LT Torres, Richard, from CLARKSVILLE, TN, at age 25, with COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 32ND INFANTRY, FORT DRUM, NY 13602, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on October 6, 2003 in ISKANDARIYAH, 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: October 6, 2003. Hometown: CLARKSVILLE, TN.
Explore Further
Torres, Richard 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.
