Gulf War Death Notices

TAPS- 45 Gulf War(90-91) Veterans for August 09

August 09 Taps Gulf War 90-91 Veterans
A minimum of 45 Veterans of Operation Desert Storm died in August 09. These are collated from online obituaries and do not
include all deaths. Small towns and rural areas are probably not being picked up. Of these 9 were Navy Veterans, 1 was a
Navy Reserve, 26 were Army veterans, 3 were Army Reserves, 5 were Air Force Veterans, 8 Army National Guard,and 4 were
Marines. Those that had prior service in other conflicts included: 1 Beirut and Desert Storm, 1 Korea and Desert Storm, 4
with Vietnam and Desert Storm, 2 Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and 1 Desert Storm and Operation Ennduring Freedom.
As far as known factor 12 died in hospital, 2 were unexpected, 2 with colon Cancer, 1 with brain cancer, 2 other forms of
cancer, 14 had no details, 4 were sudden deaths, 2 were heart related, 6 occurred at home, 2 with accidents one motorcyle and
one auto, and one mentioned long illness. As for as age distribution 6 were in their 30's, 18 were in their 40's, 15 were in
their 50's, 4 were in their 60's and 4 were in their 70's.


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