Cotner, Christian Scott

Also known as: CPL, MWSS-172, MWSG-17, 1ST MAW, III MEF, OKINAWA, JAPAN

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedMay 30, 2008

Age20 years old

Location of DeathAL ASAD, IRAQ

Cause of DeathKilled in action

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

At 20, CPL Cotner, Christian Scott of WATERBURY, CT was serving with the MARINE CORPS, MWSS-172, MWSG-17, 1ST MAW, III MEF, OKINAWA, JAPAN, when he died in AL ASAD, IRAQ on May 30, 2008.

Their Story

Cotner, Christian Scott of WATERBURY, CT, 20 years old, served in the MARINE CORPS with MWSS-172, MWSG-17, 1ST MAW, III MEF, OKINAWA, JAPAN at the rank of CPL ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.

Killed on May 30, 2008 in AL ASAD, IRAQ, Cotner, Christian Scott was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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.

Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: May 30, 2008. Hometown: WATERBURY, CT.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Cotner, Christian Scott 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.

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