Payne, Ronald Raymond Jr
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Verified On May 8, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Payne, Ronald Raymond Jr of LAKELAND, FL in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN. He was 23. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the MARINE CORPS ? B CO, 2D LAR BN, (BLT 1/6, 22D MEU), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC ? serving as CPL, Payne, Ronald Raymond Jr was 23 and came from LAKELAND, FL.
On May 8, 2004, he died in KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
In the early years of OEF, the Taliban had been driven from power but not destroyed. They retreated and waited. American forces were establishing bases across a country with no roads, no institutions, and deep ethnic fault lines.
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
Payne, Ronald Raymond Jr 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.
