Phillips, John Paul
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Verified From ST. STEPHEN, SC, SGT Phillips, John Paul served with the MARINE CORPS, 9TH ESB, 3D MLG, (HQ CO, 1ST MLG, I MEF FWD), OKINAWA, JAPAN, and died on August 16, 2006 in SAN ANTONIO, UNITED STATES. He was 29. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
SGT Phillips, John Paul, 29 years old, grew up in ST. STEPHEN, SC and served as Active Duty in the MARINE CORPS with 9TH ESB, 3D MLG, (HQ CO, 1ST MLG, I MEF FWD), OKINAWA, JAPAN during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
August 16, 2006 ? Phillips, John Paul died in SAN ANTONIO, UNITED STATES, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2006.
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 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
Phillips, John Paul 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.
