Utt, Ernest Eugene Jr
Male
Verified At 38, 1SG Utt, Ernest Eugene Jr of HAMMOND, IL was serving with the ARMY, BATTERY B, 1ST BATTALION, 82ND FIELD ARTILLERY, 1 CD, FORT HOOD, TX 76544, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on June 27, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Utt, Ernest Eugene Jr of HAMMOND, IL, 38 years old, served in the ARMY with BATTERY B, 1ST BATTALION, 82ND FIELD ARTILLERY, 1 CD, FORT HOOD, TX 76544 at the rank of 1SG ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
On June 27, 2004, the ARMY lost 1SG Utt, Ernest Eugene Jr in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 38. The ARMY recorded the cause as 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.
HAMMOND, IL is where Utt, Ernest Eugene Jr came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
Explore Further
Utt, Ernest Eugene Jr 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.
