Perales, Javier Jr
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Verified LCPL Perales, Javier Jr, age 19, of SAN ELIZARIO, TX ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 3D BN, 6TH MAR, (RCT-1, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, ? died on June 11, 2008 in BALAD, IRAQ.
Their Story
From SAN ELIZARIO, TX, LCPL Perales, Javier Jr, serving with 3D BN, 6TH MAR, (RCT-1, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, was 19 years old when he deployed with the MARINE CORPS to Iraq.
On June 11, 2008, he died in BALAD, IRAQ. 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: June 11, 2008. Hometown: SAN ELIZARIO, TX.
Explore Further
Perales, Javier Jr 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.
