Contreras, Aaron Joseph
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Verified HMLA-169, MAG-39, MCAS CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MARINE CORPS ? CAPT Contreras, Aaron Joseph (SHERWOOD, OR), age 31, ? died in NEAR JALIBAH AIR BASE, IRAQ on March 30, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Contreras, Aaron Joseph of SHERWOOD, OR, 31 years old, served in the MARINE CORPS with HMLA-169, MAG-39, MCAS CAMP PENDLETON, CA at the rank of CAPT ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
March 30, 2003 ? Contreras, Aaron Joseph died in NEAR JALIBAH AIR BASE, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2003.
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
Contreras, Aaron 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.
