Reed, Christopher John
From CRAIGMONT, ID, PFC Reed, Christopher John served with the MARINE CORPS, HQ CO, 3D BN, 1ST MAR, (RCT-1), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, and died on July 10, 2004 in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ. He was 20.
Their Story
Reed, Christopher John was 20 and from CRAIGMONT, ID when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, HQ CO, 3D BN, 1ST MAR, (RCT-1), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA as PFC. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
On July 10, 2004, he died in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ. 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: July 10, 2004. Hometown: CRAIGMONT, ID.
Explore Further
Reed, Christopher John 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.