Cline, Donald John Jr
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Verified LCPL Cline, Donald John Jr, 21, a native of SPARKS, NV, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, HQSVCCO, 1ST BN, 2ND MAR, 2D MEB, DET A, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 23, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Cline, Donald John Jr was 21 and from SPARKS, NV when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, HQSVCCO, 1ST BN, 2ND MAR, 2D MEB, DET A, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC as LCPL. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on March 23, 2003 in AN NASIRIYAH, 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.
SPARKS, NV is where Cline, Donald John Jr came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
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Cline, Donald John 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.
