Howey, Blake Harold
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Verified LCPL Howey, Blake Harold, age 20, of GLENDORA, CA ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, G CO , 2D BN, 7TH MAR, (RCT-6, II MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, ? died on February 18, 2007 in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The MARINE CORPS, G CO , 2D BN, 7TH MAR, (RCT-6, II MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, sent Howey, Blake Harold of GLENDORA, CA, then 20, ? LCPL ? to Iraq.
On February 18, 2007, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Howey, Blake Harold in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. He was 20. 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: February 18, 2007. Hometown: GLENDORA, CA.
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Howey, Blake Harold 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.
