Wilson, Robert Joseph
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Verified SSG Wilson, Robert Joseph, 28, a native of BOYNTON BEACH, WA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 502ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on January 26, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Wilson, Robert Joseph of BOYNTON BEACH, WA, 28 years old, served in the ARMY with COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 502ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY at the rank of SSG ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
Killed on January 26, 2008 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Wilson, Robert Joseph was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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
Wilson, Robert Joseph 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.
