Mattek, John James Jr
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Verified At 24, LCPL Mattek, John James Jr of STEVENS POINT, WI was serving with the MARINE CORPS, B CO, 2D LAR BN, RCT-2, 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, when he died in BETHESDA, UNITED STATES on June 13, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The MARINE CORPS, B CO, 2D LAR BN, RCT-2, 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, sent Mattek, John James Jr of STEVENS POINT, WI, then 24, ? LCPL ? to Iraq.
On June 13, 2005, he died in BETHESDA, UNITED STATES ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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: June 13, 2005. Hometown: STEVENS POINT, WI.
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Mattek, John James Jr 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.
