Davenport, James Ray
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Verified From DANVILLE, IN, LCPL Davenport, James Ray served with the MARINE CORPS, G CO, 2D BN, 3D MAR, (RCT-7, I MEF FWD), 3D MAR DIV, KANEOHE BAY, HI, and died on November 22, 2006 in HAQLANIYAH, IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Davenport, James Ray was 20 and from DANVILLE, IN when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, G CO, 2D BN, 3D MAR, (RCT-7, I MEF FWD), 3D MAR DIV, KANEOHE BAY, HI as LCPL. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
November 22, 2006 ? Davenport, James Ray died in HAQLANIYAH, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2006.
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
Davenport, James Ray 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.
