Yoakum, Keith
CW4 Yoakum, Keith, age 41, of HEMET, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 227TH AVIATION, 1 ACB, (1 CD), FORT HOOD, TX, ? died on February 2, 2007 in TAJI, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Yoakum, Keith of HEMET, CA, 41 years old, served in the ARMY with COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 227TH AVIATION, 1 ACB, (1 CD), FORT HOOD, TX at the rank of CW4 ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on February 2, 2007 in TAJI, IRAQ, from 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: February 2, 2007. Hometown: HEMET, CA.
Explore Further
Yoakum, Keith 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.