Mateo, Ramon
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Verified Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, H&S CO, RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, LCPL Mateo, Ramon of BRENTWOOD, NY, 20, died in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ on September 24, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From BRENTWOOD, NY, LCPL Mateo, Ramon, serving with H&S CO, RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, was 20 years old when he deployed with the MARINE CORPS to Iraq.
Killed on September 24, 2004 in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Mateo, Ramon was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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: September 24, 2004. Hometown: BRENTWOOD, NY.
Explore Further
Mateo, Ramon 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.
