Mcrae, James Heath
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Verified CPL Mcrae, James Heath, age 22, of SPRINGTOWN, TX ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, H&S CO, 3D MAINT BN, CLR-35, 3D MLG, OKINAWA, JAPAN, ? died on July 24, 2007 in RUSHIDIYAH, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as CPL Mcrae, James Heath, from SPRINGTOWN, TX, at age 22, with H&S CO, 3D MAINT BN, CLR-35, 3D MLG, OKINAWA, JAPAN, he went to Iraq with the MARINE CORPS. He did not come home.
July 24, 2007 ? Mcrae, James Heath died in RUSHIDIYAH, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2007.
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 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
Mcrae, James Heath 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.
