Kerns, Dallas Lee
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Verified CPL Kerns, Dallas Lee, age 21, of MOUNTAIN GROVE, MO ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, K CO, 3D BN, 7TH MAR, (RCT-7), 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, ? died on July 5, 2004 in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
CPL Kerns, Dallas Lee, 21 years old, grew up in MOUNTAIN GROVE, MO and served as Active Duty in the MARINE CORPS with K CO, 3D BN, 7TH MAR, (RCT-7), 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on July 5, 2004 in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ, from 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.
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
Kerns, Dallas Lee 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.
