1stLT T. Shane Childers, USMC, 2001
This Citadel graduate was the first combat casualty of Operation Iraqi Freedom of all Coalition forces. In the first hours of the war, on 21 Mar 2003, Lieutenant Childers was KIA near Ramallah oil fields, Iraq.
This Citadel graduate was the first combat casualty of Operation Iraqi Freedom of all Coalition forces. In the first hours of the war, on 21 Mar 2003, Lieutenant Childers was KIA near Ramallah oil fields, Iraq.