Dalessio, Gregory T
Male
Verified CPT Dalessio, Gregory T, age 30, of CHERRY LANE, NJ ? Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 2D BATTALION, 6TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, BAUMHOLDER, GERMANY, ? died on June 23, 2008 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From CHERRY LANE, NJ, CPT Dalessio, Gregory T, serving with HHC, 2D BATTALION, 6TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, BAUMHOLDER, GERMANY, was 30 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
On June 23, 2008, the ARMY lost CPT Dalessio, Gregory T in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 30. The ARMY recorded the cause as 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.
The ARMY 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
Dalessio, Gregory T 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.
