Fite, Joseph Earl
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Verified At 23, CPL Fite, Joseph Earl of ROUND ROCK, TX was serving with the MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 1ST BN, 23RD MAR, (31ST MEU, 1ST MAR DIV), 4TH MAR DIV, AUSTIN, TX, when he died in HIT, IRAQ on January 9, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 1ST BN, 23RD MAR, (31ST MEU, 1ST MAR DIV), 4TH MAR DIV, AUSTIN, TX, sent Fite, Joseph Earl of ROUND ROCK, TX, then 23, ? CPL ? to Iraq.
On January 9, 2005, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Fite, Joseph Earl in HIT, IRAQ. He was 23. 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.
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Fite, Joseph Earl 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.
