Full Bio
Ahmed Kousay al-Taie was an Iraqi-born U.S. Army soldier and interpreter who lived in the United States before serving in Iraq. He was kidnapped in Baghdad in 2006 and later killed by his captors. News accounts after the recovery of his remains described him as the last missing U.S. serviceman from the Iraq War to be recovered.
Al-Taie belongs in the civic impact track because his work as a soldier and interpreter shows a form of service often left outside broad public summaries: language, cultural knowledge, and personal risk. His record should be presented with careful sourcing and without dramatized filler, because the facts of his service and recovery are already significant.
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Biography and setting
Ahmed Kousay al-Taie is presented as scholar associated with Iraq and the United States. The working chronology for this record is 1965-2012. Remembered for U.S. Army service, language work, captivity, and recovery of remains. Ahmed Kousay al-Taie is presented as u.s. army soldier and interpreter associated with Iraq and the United States. The working chronology for this record is 1965-2012. Remembered for U.S. Army service, language work, captivity, and recovery of remains.
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1965-2012
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