Deraps, Leon B
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Verified Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 7TH ESB, 1ST MLG, CLR-1, I MEF, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, LCPL Deraps, Leon B of JAMESTOWN, MO, 19, died in ABU GHURAYB, IRAQ on May 6, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
LCPL Deraps, Leon B, 19 years old, grew up in JAMESTOWN, MO and served as Active Duty in the MARINE CORPS with 7TH ESB, 1ST MLG, CLR-1, I MEF, CAMP PENDLETON, CA during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On May 6, 2006, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Deraps, Leon B in ABU GHURAYB, IRAQ. He was 19. The MARINE CORPS recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
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
Deraps, Leon B 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.
