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Ronald David Hyatt, Jr.

Third-Party Contractor
Year of Death: 2005

Ronald David Hyatt, Jr., Private Security Contractor, was killed on September 7, 2005, in Basrah, Iraq, by an improvised explosive device. His hometown is Greenville, Alabama.

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U.S. Department of State

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