Wooten, Curtis Lorenza Iii
Active Duty, ARMY, C COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 77TH ARMOR, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY, SPC Wooten, Curtis Lorenza Iii of SPANAWAY, WA, 20, died in BALAD, IRAQ on January 4, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SPC Wooten, Curtis Lorenza Iii, from SPANAWAY, WA, at age 20, with C COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 77TH ARMOR, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION, SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
The date recorded for his death: January 4, 2005. Location: BALAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: January 4, 2005. Hometown: SPANAWAY, WA.
Explore Further
Wooten, Curtis Lorenza Iii 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.