Mortenson, Marty Garth
Male
Verified From FLAGSTAFF, AZ, LCPL Mortenson, Marty Garth served with the MARINE CORPS, A CO, 1ST BN, 5TH MAR, (2-BCT, 2D MAR DIV), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, and died on April 20, 2005 in AR RAMADI, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The MARINE CORPS, A CO, 1ST BN, 5TH MAR, (2-BCT, 2D MAR DIV), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, sent Mortenson, Marty Garth of FLAGSTAFF, AZ, then 22, ? LCPL ? to Iraq.
On April 20, 2005, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Mortenson, Marty Garth in AR RAMADI, IRAQ. He was 22. The MARINE CORPS recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
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
Mortenson, Marty Garth 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.
