Carter, Mark Thomas
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Verified From FALLBROOK, CA, CPO Carter, Mark Thomas served with the NAVY, NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE DEVELOPMENT GROUP, DAM NECK VA, and died on December 11, 2007 in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 27. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as CPO Carter, Mark Thomas, from FALLBROOK, CA, at age 27, with NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE DEVELOPMENT GROUP, DAM NECK VA, he went to Iraq with the NAVY. He did not come home.
On December 11, 2007, he died in BALAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. 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.
The members of NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE DEVELOPMENT GROUP, DAM NECK VA who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Explore Further
Carter, Mark Thomas 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.
