Staff Sgt. Ahmed Kousay al-Taie was an Army interpreter who was born in Iraq and lived in Ann Arbor, MichIgan.
He was kidnapped at gunpoint in October 2006 when he left base on a motorcycle to visit his Iraqi wife in central Baghdad.
SSgt alTaie was previously listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN)
On Dec. 11, 2006, a casualty review board declared Altaie "missing – captured" after his disappearance in Baghdad, Iraq on Oct. 23, 2006.
On Feb. 25, the armed forces medical examiner at the Dover Port Mortuary in Dover, Del., positively identified the remains of Staff Sgt. Ahmed K. Altaie, of Ann Arbor, Mich. He was assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team, Divisional Training Center, Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Altaie was the final missing soldier and casualty to be recovered from the Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn mission.
He was kidnapped at gunpoint in October 2006 when he left base on a motorcycle to visit his Iraqi wife in central Baghdad.
SSgt alTaie was previously listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN)
On Dec. 11, 2006, a casualty review board declared Altaie "missing – captured" after his disappearance in Baghdad, Iraq on Oct. 23, 2006.
On Feb. 25, the armed forces medical examiner at the Dover Port Mortuary in Dover, Del., positively identified the remains of Staff Sgt. Ahmed K. Altaie, of Ann Arbor, Mich. He was assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team, Divisional Training Center, Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Altaie was the final missing soldier and casualty to be recovered from the Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn mission.
Staff Sgt. Ahmed Kousay al-Taie was an Army interpreter who was born in Iraq and lived in Ann Arbor, MichIgan.
He was kidnapped at gunpoint in October 2006 when he left base on a motorcycle to visit his Iraqi wife in central Baghdad.
SSgt alTaie was previously listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN)
On Dec. 11, 2006, a casualty review board declared Altaie "missing – captured" after his disappearance in Baghdad, Iraq on Oct. 23, 2006.
On Feb. 25, the armed forces medical examiner at the Dover Port Mortuary in Dover, Del., positively identified the remains of Staff Sgt. Ahmed K. Altaie, of Ann Arbor, Mich. He was assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team, Divisional Training Center, Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Altaie was the final missing soldier and casualty to be recovered from the Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn mission.
He was kidnapped at gunpoint in October 2006 when he left base on a motorcycle to visit his Iraqi wife in central Baghdad.
SSgt alTaie was previously listed as Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN)
On Dec. 11, 2006, a casualty review board declared Altaie "missing – captured" after his disappearance in Baghdad, Iraq on Oct. 23, 2006.
On Feb. 25, the armed forces medical examiner at the Dover Port Mortuary in Dover, Del., positively identified the remains of Staff Sgt. Ahmed K. Altaie, of Ann Arbor, Mich. He was assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team, Divisional Training Center, Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas.
Altaie was the final missing soldier and casualty to be recovered from the Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn mission.
Inscription
Loving Son, Brother
Staff Sergeant
P.O.W. October 23, 2006
