Wong, Elijah Tai Wah
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Verified From MESA, AZ, SGT Wong, Elijah Tai Wah served with the ARMY, 363RD ORDNANCE COMPANY, CASE GRANDE, AZ, and died on February 9, 2004 in SINJAR, IRAQ. He was 42.
Their Story
Wong, Elijah Tai Wah of MESA, AZ, 42 years old, served in the ARMY with 363RD ORDNANCE COMPANY, CASE GRANDE, AZ at the rank of SGT ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
The date recorded for his death: February 9, 2004. Location: SINJAR, IRAQ.
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 recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Wong, Elijah Tai Wah 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.
