Gardner, Derek Lloyd
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Verified LCPL Gardner, Derek Lloyd, 20, a native of SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, F CO, 2D BN, 1ST MAR, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on September 6, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA, LCPL Gardner, Derek Lloyd, serving with F CO, 2D BN, 1ST MAR, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, was 20 years old when he deployed with the MARINE CORPS to Iraq.
Killed on September 6, 2004 in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Gardner, Derek Lloyd was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
In the first year of occupation, military victory gave way to an insurgency the US hadn't planned for. Disbanding the Iraqi army created a vacuum. Armed groups filled it immediately.
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
Gardner, Derek Lloyd 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.
