Gutierrez, Jose
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Verified 2D BN, 1ST MAR, 1ST MARDIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Gutierrez, Jose (HAWTHORNE, CA), age 22, ? died in UMM QASR, IRAQ on March 21, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the MARINE CORPS ? 2D BN, 1ST MAR, 1ST MARDIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA ? serving as LCPL, Gutierrez, Jose was 22 and came from HAWTHORNE, CA.
On March 21, 2003, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Gutierrez, Jose in UMM QASR, IRAQ. He was 22. The MARINE CORPS recorded the cause as 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: March 21, 2003. Hometown: HAWTHORNE, CA.
Explore Further
Gutierrez, Jose 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, Waters-bey, Kendall Damon, Aubin, Jay Thomas.