Lawton, Mark Anthony
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Verified DETACHMENT 1, A COMPANY, 244TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 651ST AREA SUPPORT GROUP, BOULDER, CO 80303, ARMY ? SSG Lawton, Mark Anthony (HAYDEN, CO), age 41, ? died in BALAD, IRAQ on August 29, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Lawton, Mark Anthony was 41 and from HAYDEN, CO when he joined the Reserve, ARMY, DETACHMENT 1, A COMPANY, 244TH ENGINEER BATTALION, 651ST AREA SUPPORT GROUP, BOULDER, CO 80303 as SSG. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
On August 29, 2003, the ARMY lost SSG Lawton, Mark Anthony in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 41. The ARMY 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: August 29, 2003. Hometown: HAYDEN, CO.
Explore Further
Lawton, Mark Anthony 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.
