Blazer, Melvin Leslie Jr
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Verified SSGT Blazer, Melvin Leslie Jr, 38, a native of MOORE, OK, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, K CO, 3D BN, 5TH MAR, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 12, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Blazer, Melvin Leslie Jr was 38 and from MOORE, OK when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, K CO, 3D BN, 5TH MAR, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA as SSGT. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on December 12, 2004 in FALLUJAH, IRAQ, from HOSTILE.
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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: December 12, 2004. Hometown: MOORE, OK.
Explore Further
Blazer, Melvin Leslie Jr 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.
