Belchik, Christopher Ward
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Verified At 30, CPL Belchik, Christopher Ward of BRIGHTON, IL was serving with the MARINE CORPS, E CO, 2D BN, 2D MAR, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, when he died in BABIL PROVINCE, IRAQ on August 22, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Belchik, Christopher Ward was 30 and from BRIGHTON, IL when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, E CO, 2D BN, 2D MAR, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA as CPL. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
On August 22, 2004, he died in BABIL PROVINCE, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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
Belchik, Christopher Ward 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.
