Abad, Roberto
Male
Verified From BELL GARDENS, CA, CPL Abad, Roberto served with the MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, BLT 1/4, 11TH MEU, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, and died on August 6, 2004 in NAJAF, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Abad, Roberto was 22 and from BELL GARDENS, CA when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, BLT 1/4, 11TH MEU, CAMP PENDLETON, CA as CPL. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
On August 6, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Abad, Roberto in NAJAF, IRAQ. He was 22. The MARINE CORPS recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
Operation Iraqi Freedom began March 19, 2003 with the US-led invasion. The stated justification ? weapons of mass destruction ? was never found. Seven years of occupation, insurgency, and sectarian war followed, killing 4,418 Americans and an estimated 200,000 Iraqi civilians.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: August 6, 2004. Hometown: BELL GARDENS, CA.
Explore Further
Abad, Roberto was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (from March 2003 to August 2010). The conflict concluded in August 2010. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Kennedy, Brian Matthew, Beaupre, Ryan Anthony, Gutierrez, Jose, Waters-bey, Kendall Damon.
