Williams, Taft Virgil
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Verified In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on August 12, 2003, the ARMY lost SSG Williams, Taft Virgil of NEW ORLEANS, LA, 29, serving with MAINTENANCE SUPPORT TROOP 4TH SQUADRON 3RD ARMOR, FORT CARSON, CO 80906. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Williams, Taft Virgil was 29 and from NEW ORLEANS, LA when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, MAINTENANCE SUPPORT TROOP 4TH SQUADRON 3RD ARMOR, FORT CARSON, CO 80906 as SSG. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
On August 12, 2003, he died in BAGHDAD, 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.
NEW ORLEANS, LA is where Williams, Taft Virgil came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
Explore Further
Williams, Taft Virgil 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.
