O'day, Patrick Terence
In Iraq on March 25, 2003, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL O'day, Patrick Terence of SANTA ROSA, CA, 20, serving with 1ST TANK BN, 1ST MARDIV, MCAGCC TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as LCPL O'day, Patrick Terence, from SANTA ROSA, CA, at age 20, with 1ST TANK BN, 1ST MARDIV, MCAGCC TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, he went to Iraq with the MARINE CORPS. He did not come home.
March 25, 2003 ? O'day, Patrick Terence died in Iraq, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2003.
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 members of 1ST TANK BN, 1ST MARDIV, MCAGCC TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Explore Further
O'day, Patrick Terence 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.