Bennett, Richard Allan
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Verified Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, HMLA-169, MAG-39, 3D MAW, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, CPL Bennett, Richard Allan of GIRARD, KS, 25, died in AL TAQADDUM, IRAQ on May 30, 2006.
Their Story
Bennett, Richard Allan of GIRARD, KS, 25 years old, served in the MARINE CORPS with HMLA-169, MAG-39, 3D MAW, CAMP PENDLETON, CA at the rank of CPL ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
On May 30, 2006, he died in AL TAQADDUM, IRAQ. 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.
GIRARD, KS is where Bennett, Richard Allan came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
Explore Further
Bennett, Richard Allan 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.
