Ratzlaff, Gregory Alm

Also known as: CAPT, HMM-166, MAG-16, 3D MAW, 11TH MEU, MCAS MIRAMAR, CA

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedAugust 3, 2004

Age36 years old

Location of DeathFOB DUKE, IRAQ

Cause of DeathKilled in action

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

CAPT Ratzlaff, Gregory Alm, age 36, of OLYMPIA, WA ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, HMM-166, MAG-16, 3D MAW, 11TH MEU, MCAS MIRAMAR, CA, ? died on August 3, 2004 in FOB DUKE, IRAQ.

Their Story

Ratzlaff, Gregory Alm was 36 and from OLYMPIA, WA when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, HMM-166, MAG-16, 3D MAW, 11TH MEU, MCAS MIRAMAR, CA as CAPT. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.

Killed on August 3, 2004 in FOB DUKE, IRAQ, Ratzlaff, Gregory Alm was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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: August 3, 2004. Hometown: OLYMPIA, WA.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Ratzlaff, Gregory Alm 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.

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