Crocker, Ricardo Antonio
Male
Verified Reserve, MARINE CORPS, I MACE, (DET 5TH CAG, II MEF), I MEF, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MAJ Crocker, Ricardo Antonio of MISSION VIEJO, CA, 39, died in HADITHAH, IRAQ on May 26, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
MAJ Crocker, Ricardo Antonio, 39 years old, grew up in MISSION VIEJO, CA and served as Reserve in the MARINE CORPS with I MACE, (DET 5TH CAG, II MEF), I MEF, CAMP PENDLETON, CA during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
May 26, 2005 ? Crocker, Ricardo Antonio died in HADITHAH, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2005.
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.
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
Crocker, Ricardo Antonio 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.
