Cantafio, Ryan Joseph
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Verified PFC Cantafio, Ryan Joseph, 22, a native of BEAVER DAM, WI, died serving in the Reserve, MARINE CORPS, G CO, 2D BN, 24TH MAR, (24TH MEU, 1ST MAR DIV), 4TH MAR DIV, MADISON, WI, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 25, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
PFC Cantafio, Ryan Joseph, 22 years old, grew up in BEAVER DAM, WI and served as Reserve in the MARINE CORPS with G CO, 2D BN, 24TH MAR, (24TH MEU, 1ST MAR DIV), 4TH MAR DIV, MADISON, WI during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Killed on November 25, 2004 in LUTIFIYAH, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Cantafio, Ryan Joseph was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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
Cantafio, Ryan Joseph 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.
