Dixon, Derek Curtis
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Verified CPL Dixon, Derek Curtis, 20, a native of RIVERSIDE, OH, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, CO A, 2D AA BN, (RCT-6, II MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 26, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the MARINE CORPS ? CO A, 2D AA BN, (RCT-6, II MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC ? serving as CPL, Dixon, Derek Curtis was 20 and came from RIVERSIDE, OH.
The date recorded for his death: June 26, 2007. Location: SAQLAWIYAH, IRAQ. Cause: 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.
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Dixon, Derek Curtis 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.
