Martone, Justin Robert
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Verified From BEDFORD, VA, GYSGT Martone, Justin Robert served with the MARINE CORPS, 9TH ESB, (HQ CO, 1ST MLG, I MEF FWD), 3D MLG, OKINAWA, JAPAN, and died on March 7, 2006 in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ. He was 31. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Martone, Justin Robert of BEDFORD, VA, 31 years old, served in the MARINE CORPS with 9TH ESB, (HQ CO, 1ST MLG, I MEF FWD), 3D MLG, OKINAWA, JAPAN at the rank of GYSGT ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
The date recorded for his death: March 7, 2006. Location: AL ANBAR PROVINCE, 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
Martone, Justin Robert 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.
