Gabbard, Marilyn Lea
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Verified From POLK CITY, IA, CSM Gabbard, Marilyn Lea served with the ARMY, JOINT FORCES HEADQUARTERS, FORWARD 14, FORT BLISS, TX, and died on January 20, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. She was 46. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as CSM Gabbard, Marilyn Lea, from POLK CITY, IA, at age 46, with JOINT FORCES HEADQUARTERS, FORWARD 14, FORT BLISS, TX, she went to Iraq with the ARMY. She did not come home.
She did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded her death on January 20, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ, from HOSTILE.
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.
POLK CITY, IA is where Gabbard, Marilyn Lea came from. It is where her memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
Explore Further
Gabbard, Marilyn Lea 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.
