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Tragic Case of Pfc. Keith M. Maupin: Captured and Killed in Iraq

Pfc. Keith M. Maupin, a 20-year-old soldier from Batavia, Ohio, was captured by Iraqi insurgents during an ambush on April 9, 2004. Initially listed as missing after a convoy attack near Baghdad International Airport, his status was later changed to captured following an Al-Jazeera broadcast showing him as a hostage. Tragically, the insurgents claimed responsibility for his killing three months later, citing U.S. policy in Iraq as their justification. The heartbreaking news of Maupin's death came just hours after the return of sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government.

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Tragic Case of Pfc. Keith M. Maupin: Captured and Killed in Iraq

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  1. Prisoners of war UNCLASSIFIED Pfc. Keith M. Maupin 20 724th Transportation Company, Army Reserve Batavia, Ohio Maupin was originally listed as missing since a fuel convoy was attacked near Baghdad International Airport by Iraqi insurgents using rocket-propelled grenades and small-arms fire on April 9, 2004. A videotape broadcast by Al-Jazeera on April 16, 2004, showed Maupin being held hostage by Iraqi insurgents. The Pentagon has since changed his status to captured. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi militants killed an American soldier they have held hostage for nearly three months, saying the killing was because the U.S. government did not change its policy in Iraq, Al-Jazeera television reported Tuesday. News of the killing of Spc. Keith M. Maupin, 20, of Batavia, Ohio, came hours after the United States returned sovereignty in Iraq to an interim government. The report did not say when Maupin was killed. Maupin was captured during an ambush on a convoy west of Baghdad on April 9. The Arab satellite station aired video showing a blindfolded man sitting on the ground. Al-Jazeera said that in the next scene, gunmen shoot the man in the back of the head, in front of a hole dug in the ground. It did not show the killing. Maj. Willie Harris, public affairs spokesman for the Army's 88th Regional Readiness Command, said the videotape is being analyzed by the Department of Defense. "There is no confirmation at this time, that the tape contains footage of Matt Maupin or any other Army soldier," he said, adding that the Maupin family was briefed "as to the existence of a videotape." Aban Elias, 7 MAY 2004 an Iraqi-American from Denver, was shown blindfolded and pleading for his life on an Arab television station Thursday. Elias was running a gravel operation repairing roads in Iraq

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