Galeai, Max Allen
Male
Verified In KARMAH, IRAQ on June 26, 2008, the MARINE CORPS lost LTCOL Galeai, Max Allen of PAGO PAGO, AS, 42, serving with H&S CO, 2D BN, 3D MAR, (RCT-1, I MEF FWD), 3D MAR DIV, KANEOHE BAY, HI. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the MARINE CORPS ? H&S CO, 2D BN, 3D MAR, (RCT-1, I MEF FWD), 3D MAR DIV, KANEOHE BAY, HI ? serving as LTCOL, Galeai, Max Allen was 42 and came from PAGO PAGO, AS.
The date recorded for his death: June 26, 2008. Location: KARMAH, IRAQ. Cause: 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.
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
Galeai, Max Allen 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.
