Muller, Ian Matthew
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Verified In HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on March 11, 2011, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Muller, Ian Matthew of DANVILLE, VT, 22, serving with 2D BN, 8TH MAR, (RCT-1, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The MARINE CORPS, 2D BN, 8TH MAR, (RCT-1, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, sent Muller, Ian Matthew of DANVILLE, VT, then 22, ? CPL ? to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
March 11, 2011 ? Muller, Ian Matthew died in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2011.
In the final years of OEF, a surge had been deployed and drawn down. The Taliban had outlasted every strategy. The Afghan army the US built would collapse six years after OEF ended.
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/oef.
Explore Further
Muller, Ian Matthew was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (from October 2001 to December 2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.
