Vanderhorn, Christopher Jon
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Verified SSG Vanderhorn, Christopher Jon, age 37, of PIERCE, WA ? Active Duty, ARMY, CO C, 1ST BN, 187TH INFANTRY, 3D BCT (TF BAND OF BROTHERS), FORT CAMPBELL, KY, ? died on January 1, 2006 in AS SINIA, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Vanderhorn, Christopher Jon of PIERCE, WA, 37 years old, served in the ARMY with CO C, 1ST BN, 187TH INFANTRY, 3D BCT (TF BAND OF BROTHERS), FORT CAMPBELL, KY at the rank of SSG ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
On January 1, 2006, he died in AS SINIA, 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.
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
Vanderhorn, Christopher Jon 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.
