Bier, Joseph Phillip
In AR RAMADI, IRAQ on December 7, 2005, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Bier, Joseph Phillip of CENTRALIA, WA, 22, serving with L CO, 3D BN, 7TH MAR, (2-28 BCT, 2D MARDIV), 1ST MARDIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From CENTRALIA, WA, CPL Bier, Joseph Phillip, serving with L CO, 3D BN, 7TH MAR, (2-28 BCT, 2D MARDIV), 1ST MARDIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, was 22 years old when he deployed with the MARINE CORPS to Iraq.
On December 7, 2005, he died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: December 7, 2005. Hometown: CENTRALIA, WA.
Explore Further
Bier, Joseph Phillip 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.