May, Donald Charles Jr
In Iraq on March 25, 2003, the MARINE CORPS lost SSGT May, Donald Charles Jr of RICHMOND, VA, 31, serving with 1ST TANK BN, 1ST MARDIV, MCAGCC, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA 92278. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the MARINE CORPS ? 1ST TANK BN, 1ST MARDIV, MCAGCC, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA 92278 ? serving as SSGT, May, Donald Charles Jr was 31 and came from RICHMOND, VA.
March 25, 2003 ? May, Donald Charles Jr died in Iraq, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2003.
In the first year of occupation, military victory gave way to an insurgency the US hadn't planned for. Disbanding the Iraqi army created a vacuum. Armed groups filled it immediately.
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
May, Donald Charles 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.