Veitch, Jerimiah James
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Verified From DIBBLE, OK, PFC Veitch, Jerimiah James served with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, and died on June 21, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO ? serving as PFC, Veitch, Jerimiah James was 21 and came from DIBBLE, OK.
Killed on June 21, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Veitch, Jerimiah James was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
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
Veitch, Jerimiah James 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.
