Peterson, Justin Dale
From DAVISBURG, MI, CAPT Peterson, Justin Dale served with the MARINE CORPS, H&S CO, 1ST TANK BN, 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, and died on October 1, 2006 in WALEED, IRAQ. He was 32.
Their Story
From DAVISBURG, MI, CAPT Peterson, Justin Dale, serving with H&S CO, 1ST TANK BN, 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, was 32 years old when he deployed with the MARINE CORPS to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on October 1, 2006 in WALEED, IRAQ.
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 recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Peterson, Justin Dale 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.