Phillips, James Ronald
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Verified At 21, LCPL Phillips, James Ronald of PLANT CITY, FL was serving with the MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 3D BN, 5TH MAR, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, when he died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on December 23, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
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A Active Duty member of the MARINE CORPS ? WPNS CO, 3D BN, 5TH MAR, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA ? serving as LCPL, Phillips, James Ronald was 21 and came from PLANT CITY, FL.
The date recorded for his death: December 23, 2004. Location: FALLUJAH, IRAQ. Cause: 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: December 23, 2004. Hometown: PLANT CITY, FL.
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Phillips, James Ronald 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.