Lam, Alan Dinh
LCPL Lam, Alan Dinh, 19, a native of SNOW CAMP, NC, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 8TH COMM BN, II MHG, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 22, 2003.
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A Active Duty member of the MARINE CORPS ? 8TH COMM BN, II MHG, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC ? serving as LCPL, Lam, Alan Dinh was 19 and came from SNOW CAMP, NC.
On April 22, 2003, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Lam, Alan Dinh in AL KUT, IRAQ. He was 19.
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: April 22, 2003. Hometown: SNOW CAMP, NC.
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Lam, Alan Dinh 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.