Cote, Budd Michael
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Verified At 21, LCPL Cote, Budd Michael of MARANA, AZ was serving with the MARINE CORPS, S CO, MWSS-373, MWSG-37, 3D MAW, (I MEF FWD), MCAS SAN DIEGO, CA, when he died in AL KHALIDIYAH, IRAQ on December 11, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Cote, Budd Michael was 21 and from MARANA, AZ when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, S CO, MWSS-373, MWSG-37, 3D MAW, (I MEF FWD), MCAS SAN DIEGO, CA as LCPL. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
December 11, 2006 ? Cote, Budd Michael died in AL KHALIDIYAH, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2006.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
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
Cote, Budd Michael 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.
