Ramirez, Benito Antonio
Male
Verified In FALLUJAH, IRAQ on May 21, 2006, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Ramirez, Benito Antonio of EDINBURG, TX, 21, serving with H&S CO, 3D BN, 5TH MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 1ST MARDIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the MARINE CORPS ? H&S CO, 3D BN, 5TH MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 1ST MARDIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA ? serving as LCPL, Ramirez, Benito Antonio was 21 and came from EDINBURG, TX.
On May 21, 2006, he died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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: May 21, 2006. Hometown: EDINBURG, TX.
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Ramirez, Benito Antonio 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.
