Fontecchio, Elia Paietta
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Verified In AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ on August 4, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost GYSGT Fontecchio, Elia Paietta of MILFORD, MA, 30, serving with K CO, 3D BN, 7TH MAR, RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
GYSGT Fontecchio, Elia Paietta, 30 years old, grew up in MILFORD, MA and served as Active Duty in the MARINE CORPS with K CO, 3D BN, 7TH MAR, RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
August 4, 2004 ? Fontecchio, Elia Paietta died in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2004.
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.
Explore Further
Fontecchio, Elia Paietta 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.
