Payne, Bradford Howard
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Verified CPL Payne, Bradford Howard, 24, a native of MONTGOMERY, AL, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, G CO, 2D BN, 8TH MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJUENE, NC, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on October 6, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The MARINE CORPS, G CO, 2D BN, 8TH MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJUENE, NC, sent Payne, Bradford Howard of MONTGOMERY, AL, then 24, ? CPL ? to Iraq.
On October 6, 2006, he died in SAQLAWIYAH, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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.
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Payne, Bradford Howard 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.
