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Vick, Eric Reid

Also known as: SSG, HHC, SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, (1 CD), FORT DRUM, NY
Combatant Male Verified
DiedApril 1, 2007
Age25 years old
Location of DeathBAGHDAD, IRAQ
Cause of DeathHOSTILE

At 25, SSG Vick, Eric Reid of SPRING HOPE, NC was serving with the ARMY, HHC, SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, (1 CD), FORT DRUM, NY, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on April 1, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.

Their Story

The ARMY, HHC, SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, (1 CD), FORT DRUM, NY, sent Vick, Eric Reid of SPRING HOPE, NC, then 25, ? SSG ? to Iraq.

April 1, 2007 ? Vick, Eric Reid died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2007.

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.

Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: April 1, 2007. Hometown: SPRING HOPE, NC.

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Vick, Eric Reid 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.

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