Wolfe, Duane George
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Verified At 54, CDR Wolfe, Duane George of PORT HUENEME, CA was serving with the NAVY, GULF REGION DIVISION, CENTRAL DISTRICT, when he died in AL TAQADDUM, IRAQ on May 25, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Wolfe, Duane George of PORT HUENEME, CA, 54 years old, served in the NAVY with GULF REGION DIVISION, CENTRAL DISTRICT at the rank of CDR ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
On May 25, 2009, he died in AL TAQADDUM, 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.
The NAVY 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
Wolfe, Duane George 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.
