Baum, Ronald Eric
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Verified 2D INTEL BN, II MEF, 2D MAR DIV CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, MARINE CORPS ? GYSGT Baum, Ronald Eric (HOLLIDAYSBURG, PA), age 38, ? died in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ on May 3, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as GYSGT Baum, Ronald Eric, from HOLLIDAYSBURG, PA, at age 38, with 2D INTEL BN, II MEF, 2D MAR DIV CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, he went to Iraq with the MARINE CORPS. He did not come home.
He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on May 3, 2004 in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ, from HOSTILE.
In the first year of occupation, military victory gave way to an insurgency the US hadn't planned for. Disbanding the Iraqi army created a vacuum. Armed groups filled it immediately.
The MARINE CORPS classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Baum, Ronald Eric 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.
