Le, Binh Ngoc
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Verified CPL Le, Binh Ngoc, 20, a native of ALEXANDERIA, VA, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, S BTRY, 5TH BN, 10TH MAR, TF NAHA, 31ST MEU, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 3, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From ALEXANDERIA, VA, CPL Le, Binh Ngoc, serving with S BTRY, 5TH BN, 10TH MAR, TF NAHA, 31ST MEU, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, was 20 years old when he deployed with the MARINE CORPS to Iraq.
The date recorded for his death: December 3, 2004. Location: KOREAN VILLAGE, IRAQ. Cause: 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
Le, Binh Ngoc 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.
