Ceniceros, Manuel Adrian
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Verified At 23, CPL Ceniceros, Manuel Adrian of SANTA ANA, CA was serving with the MARINE CORPS, HQ CO, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, when he died in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ on June 26, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The MARINE CORPS, HQ CO, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, sent Ceniceros, Manuel Adrian of SANTA ANA, CA, then 23, ? CPL ? to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on June 26, 2004 in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, 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.
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
Ceniceros, Manuel Adrian 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.
