Fenton, Matthew John
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Verified SGT Fenton, Matthew John, 24, a native of LITTLE FERRY, NJ, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, I&I STAFF, H&S CO, 1ST BN, 25TH MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), FORT DEVENS, MA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 5, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
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A Active Duty member of the MARINE CORPS ? I&I STAFF, H&S CO, 1ST BN, 25TH MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), FORT DEVENS, MA ? serving as SGT, Fenton, Matthew John was 24 and came from LITTLE FERRY, NJ.
May 5, 2006 ? Fenton, Matthew John died in BETHESDA, UNITED STATES, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2006.
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.
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Fenton, Matthew John 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.
