Austin, Aaron Cole

Also known as: LCPL, E CO, 2D BN, 1ST MAR, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA

Combatant

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DiedApril 26, 2004

Age21 years old

Location of DeathAL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ

Cause of DeathHOSTILE

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

E CO, 2D BN, 1ST MAR, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Austin, Aaron Cole (SUNRAY, TX), age 21, ? died in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ on April 26, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Their Story

Austin, Aaron Cole of SUNRAY, TX, 21 years old, served in the MARINE CORPS with E CO, 2D BN, 1ST MAR, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA at the rank of LCPL ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.

On April 26, 2004, he died in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.

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.

SUNRAY, TX is where Austin, Aaron Cole came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Austin, Aaron Cole 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.

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