Marion, Christopher Lee
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Verified At 20, PFC Marion, Christopher Lee of PINEVILLE, MO was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 327TH INFANTRY, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, when he died in AL HAWIJAH, IRAQ on February 22, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From PINEVILLE, MO, PFC Marion, Christopher Lee, serving with COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 327TH INFANTRY, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, was 20 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
The date recorded for his death: February 22, 2006. Location: AL HAWIJAH, 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 ARMY 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
Marion, Christopher Lee 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.
