Guerrero, Salvador

Also known as: LCPL, WPNS CO, 1STBN, 7THMAR (RCT-7, I MEF FWD) 1ST MARDIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedJune 9, 2006

Age21 years old

Location of DeathAL QAIM, IRAQ

Cause of DeathHOSTILE

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

In AL QAIM, IRAQ on June 9, 2006, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Guerrero, Salvador of WHITTIER, CA, 21, serving with WPNS CO, 1STBN, 7THMAR (RCT-7, I MEF FWD) 1ST MARDIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.

Their Story

Guerrero, Salvador of WHITTIER, CA, 21 years old, served in the MARINE CORPS with WPNS CO, 1STBN, 7THMAR (RCT-7, I MEF FWD) 1ST MARDIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA at the rank of LCPL ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.

On June 9, 2006, he died in AL QAIM, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.

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.

WHITTIER, CA is where Guerrero, Salvador came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Guerrero, Salvador 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.

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