Parrello, Brian Patrick
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Verified From WEST MILFORD, NJ, LCPL Parrello, Brian Patrick served with the MARINE CORPS, SMALL CRAFT CO, HQ BN, (1ST MAR DIV), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, and died on January 1, 2005 in HADITHAH, IRAQ. He was 19. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Parrello, Brian Patrick was 19 and from WEST MILFORD, NJ when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, SMALL CRAFT CO, HQ BN, (1ST MAR DIV), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC as LCPL. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
The date recorded for his death: January 1, 2005. Location: HADITHAH, IRAQ. Cause: 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
Parrello, Brian Patrick 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.
