Lucero, Joshua Elijah
Male
Verified Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, C CO, 2D CEB, 2D MARDIV, (1STBN, 8THMAR, RCT-7, 1ST MARDIV), CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, LCPL Lucero, Joshua Elijah of TUCSON, AZ, 19, died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on November 27, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From TUCSON, AZ, LCPL Lucero, Joshua Elijah, serving with C CO, 2D CEB, 2D MARDIV, (1STBN, 8THMAR, RCT-7, 1ST MARDIV), CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, was 19 years old when he deployed with the MARINE CORPS to Iraq.
On November 27, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Lucero, Joshua Elijah in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. He was 19. The MARINE CORPS 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: November 27, 2004. Hometown: TUCSON, AZ.
Explore Further
Lucero, Joshua Elijah 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.
