Marku, Gentian
Male
Verified Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, B CO, 1ST BN, 8TH MAR, (RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV), CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, CPL Marku, Gentian of WARREN, MI, 22, died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on November 25, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the MARINE CORPS ? B CO, 1ST BN, 8TH MAR, (RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV), CAMP LEJEUNE, NC ? serving as CPL, Marku, Gentian was 22 and came from WARREN, MI.
He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on November 25, 2004 in FALLUJAH, IRAQ, from 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 25, 2004. Hometown: WARREN, MI.
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Marku, Gentian 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.
