Phelan, Mark Patrick
Male
Verified In MOSUL, IRAQ on October 13, 2004, the ARMY lost LTC Phelan, Mark Patrick of GREEN LANE, PA, 44, serving with A CO, 416TH CIVIL AFFAIRS BN, (MNC), NORRISTOWN, PA 19401-4151. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Phelan, Mark Patrick of GREEN LANE, PA, 44 years old, served in the ARMY with A CO, 416TH CIVIL AFFAIRS BN, (MNC), NORRISTOWN, PA 19401-4151 at the rank of LTC ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
On October 13, 2004, the ARMY lost LTC Phelan, Mark Patrick in MOSUL, IRAQ. He was 44. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
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 ARMY 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.
Explore Further
Phelan, Mark Patrick 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.
