Mathes, Marcus Cale
From SEBRING, FL, SGT Mathes, Marcus Cale served with the ARMY, COMPANY F, 94TH BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION, 4 BCT, FORT POLK, LA, and died on April 28, 2008 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 26. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, COMPANY F, 94TH BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION, 4 BCT, FORT POLK, LA, sent Mathes, Marcus Cale of SEBRING, FL, then 26, ? SGT ? to Iraq.
April 28, 2008 ? Mathes, Marcus Cale died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2008.
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
Mathes, Marcus Cale 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.