Cosgrove, Christopher Benedict Iii
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Verified From CEDAR KNOLLS, NJ, LCPL Cosgrove, Christopher Benedict Iii served with the MARINE CORPS, G CO, 2D BN, 25TH MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 4TH MAR DIV, DOVER, NJ, and died on October 1, 2006 in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. He was 23. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as LCPL Cosgrove, Christopher Benedict Iii, from CEDAR KNOLLS, NJ, at age 23, with G CO, 2D BN, 25TH MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 4TH MAR DIV, DOVER, NJ, he went to Iraq with the MARINE CORPS. He did not come home.
He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on October 1, 2006 in FALLUJAH, 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.
CEDAR KNOLLS, NJ is where Cosgrove, Christopher Benedict Iii 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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Cosgrove, Christopher Benedict Iii 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.
