Mccarthy, Christopher Dollete

Also known as: SPC, US HEADQUARTERS JOINT FORCES COMMAND, NORFOLK, VA

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedJune 1, 2008

Age28 years old

Location of DeathCAMP RAMADI, IRAQ

Cause of DeathKilled in action

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

At 28, SPC Mccarthy, Christopher Dollete of VIRGINIA BEACH, VA was serving with the ARMY, US HEADQUARTERS JOINT FORCES COMMAND, NORFOLK, VA, when he died in CAMP RAMADI, IRAQ on June 1, 2008.

Their Story

Mccarthy, Christopher Dollete was 28 and from VIRGINIA BEACH, VA when he joined the Reserve, ARMY, US HEADQUARTERS JOINT FORCES COMMAND, NORFOLK, VA as SPC. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.

June 1, 2008 ? Mccarthy, Christopher Dollete died in CAMP RAMADI, IRAQ. 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.

Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: June 1, 2008. Hometown: VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Mccarthy, Christopher Dollete 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.

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