Donahue, Max William
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Verified Corporal Max William Donahue, 23, of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, was a U.S. Marine killed in a hostile incident in Afghanistan. He died on August 7, 2010, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany.
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Max William Donahue was a 23-year-old Marine corporal from Highlands Ranch, Colorado. He served with the Marine Corps Military Police Support Company, I Marine Headquarters Group, and was attached to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, Regimental Combat Team 7, I Marine Expeditionary Force Forward, based out of Camp Pendleton, California.
According to U.S. Department of Defense casualty reports, Donahue died from wounds sustained in a hostile incident in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was wounded on August 5, 2010, and medically evacuated to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, where he died two days later on August 7. The specific nature of the hostile action was not detailed in the initial release.
Donahue's death occurred during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. In the summer of 2010, U.S. and coalition forces, including Marines from RCT-7, were engaged in intense counterinsurgency operations, particularly in the southern Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold.
His death was reported by several news outlets, including The Denver Post, which noted his Colorado roots. The Marine Corps announced his death in a press release, and he was listed among the war's casualties by the Defense Department and independent memorial organizations.
Corporal Donahue is remembered on memorial walls and in online tributes maintained by veterans' groups. His name is inscribed on the 1st Marine Division Memorial at Camp Pendleton and is included in the 'Faces of the Fallen' project by The Washington Post, which documented service members killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Corporal Max Donahue was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001?2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.
