Posivio, Robert Gene Iii
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Verified LCPL Posivio, Robert Gene Iii, age 22, of SHERBURN, MN ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, B CO, 1ST BN, 1ST MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, ? died on May 23, 2006 in AL KARMAH, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Posivio, Robert Gene Iii of SHERBURN, MN, 22 years old, served in the MARINE CORPS with B CO, 1ST BN, 1ST MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA at the rank of LCPL ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
On May 23, 2006, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Posivio, Robert Gene Iii in AL KARMAH, IRAQ. He was 22. The MARINE CORPS 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 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
Posivio, Robert Gene Iii 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.
