Cawley, James Wilford
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Verified SSGT Cawley, James Wilford, 41, a native of LAYTON, UT, died serving in the Reserve, MARINE CORPS, CO F, 2ND BN, 23RD MAR, 4TH MARDIV, SALT LAKE CITY, UT, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 29, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Reserve member of the MARINE CORPS ? CO F, 2ND BN, 23RD MAR, 4TH MARDIV, SALT LAKE CITY, UT ? serving as SSGT, Cawley, James Wilford was 41 and came from LAYTON, UT.
He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on March 29, 2003 in Iraq, from HOSTILE.
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
Cawley, James Wilford 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.
