Dengkhim, Tenzin
Male
Verified From FALLS CHURCH, VA, LCPL Dengkhim, Tenzin served with the MARINE CORPS, 2D LAR BN, (RCT-2), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on April 2, 2005 in HADITHAH, IRAQ. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The MARINE CORPS, 2D LAR BN, (RCT-2), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, sent Dengkhim, Tenzin of FALLS CHURCH, VA, then 19, ? LCPL ? to Iraq.
On April 2, 2005, he died in HADITHAH, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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
Dengkhim, Tenzin 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.
