Fitzgerald, Almar Laron
At 23, 1STLT Fitzgerald, Almar Laron of LEXINGTON, SC was serving with the MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 3D BN, 7TH MAR, (2-28 BCT, 2D MAR DIV), TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, when he died in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY on February 21, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Fitzgerald, Almar Laron of LEXINGTON, SC, 23 years old, served in the MARINE CORPS with WPNS CO, 3D BN, 7TH MAR, (2-28 BCT, 2D MAR DIV), TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA at the rank of 1STLT ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
On February 21, 2006, the MARINE CORPS lost 1STLT Fitzgerald, Almar Laron in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY. 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 members of WPNS CO, 3D BN, 7TH MAR, (2-28 BCT, 2D MAR DIV), TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Fitzgerald, Almar Laron 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.