Guzman, Miguel Angel
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Verified CPL Guzman, Miguel Angel, 21, a native of NORWALK, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, CLB-1, CLR-1, 1ST MLG, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 2, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The MARINE CORPS, CLB-1, CLR-1, 1ST MLG, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, sent Guzman, Miguel Angel of NORWALK, CA, then 21, ? CPL ? to Iraq.
May 2, 2008 ? Guzman, Miguel Angel died in KARMAH, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2008.
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
Guzman, Miguel Angel 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.
