Gordon, Lyle L
HMH-361, MAG-16, 3D MAW MCAS, MIRAMAR, CA, MARINE CORPS ? CAPT Gordon, Lyle L (ELLIS, TX), age 30, ? died in KOREAN VILLAGE, IRAQ on January 26, 2005.
Their Story
Gordon, Lyle L of ELLIS, TX, 30 years old, served in the MARINE CORPS with HMH-361, MAG-16, 3D MAW MCAS, MIRAMAR, CA at the rank of CAPT ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on January 26, 2005 in KOREAN VILLAGE, IRAQ.
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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: January 26, 2005. Hometown: ELLIS, TX.
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Gordon, Lyle L 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.