Deal, Lee Hamilton
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Verified PO3 Deal, Lee Hamilton, 23, a native of WEST MONROE, LA, died serving in the Active Duty, NAVY, 2ND MAR DIV FMF LANT CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 17, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the NAVY ? 2ND MAR DIV FMF LANT CAMP LEJEUNE, NC ? serving as PO3, Deal, Lee Hamilton was 23 and came from WEST MONROE, LA.
The date recorded for his death: May 17, 2006. Location: ABU GHURAYB, IRAQ. Cause: 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 NAVY 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
Deal, Lee Hamilton 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.
