Wilwerth, Thomas Joseph
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Verified At 21, SPC Wilwerth, Thomas Joseph of MASTIC, NY was serving with the ARMY, CO A, 1ST BN, 8TH INF, 3D BCT, 4TH ID, (101ST AIR ASSAULT), FORT CARSON, CO, when he died in BALAD, IRAQ on February 23, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? CO A, 1ST BN, 8TH INF, 3D BCT, 4TH ID, (101ST AIR ASSAULT), FORT CARSON, CO ? serving as SPC, Wilwerth, Thomas Joseph was 21 and came from MASTIC, NY.
Killed on February 23, 2006 in BALAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Wilwerth, Thomas 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
Wilwerth, Thomas 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.
