Kovacicek, Ryan Joseph
Male
Verified On July 10, 2005, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Kovacicek, Ryan Joseph of WASHINGTON, PA in HIT, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From WASHINGTON, PA, LCPL Kovacicek, Ryan Joseph, serving with K CO, 3D BN, 25TH MAR, (RCT-2, 2D MAR DIV), 4TH MAR DIV, MOUNDSVILLE, WV, was 22 years old when he deployed with the MARINE CORPS to Iraq.
On July 10, 2005, he died in HIT, 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.
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
Kovacicek, Ryan Joseph 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.
