Mercado, Raul
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Verified Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 2D MAINT BN, (CLB-8), 2D MLG, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, LCPL Mercado, Raul of MONROVIA, CA, 21, died in ASR CHICAGO, NEAR FALLUJAH on January 7, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Mercado, Raul was 21 and from MONROVIA, CA when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 2D MAINT BN, (CLB-8), 2D MLG, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC as LCPL. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
On January 7, 2006, he died in ASR CHICAGO, NEAR FALLUJAH ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
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
Mercado, Raul 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.
