Petsche, Neil David
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Verified LCPL Petsche, Neil David, 21, a native of LENA, IL, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, A CO, 1ST BN, 7TH MAR, 31ST MEU, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 21, 2004.
Their Story
Serving as LCPL Petsche, Neil David, from LENA, IL, at age 21, with A CO, 1ST BN, 7TH MAR, 31ST MEU, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, he went to Iraq with the MARINE CORPS. He did not come home.
Killed on December 21, 2004 in AL QAIM, IRAQ, Petsche, Neil David was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
In the first year of occupation, military victory gave way to an insurgency the US hadn't planned for. Disbanding the Iraqi army created a vacuum. Armed groups filled it immediately.
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.
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Petsche, Neil David 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.