Rintamaki, Steven Arnold
From LYNNWOOD, WA, CPL Rintamaki, Steven Arnold served with the MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 3D BN, 1ST MAR, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, and died on September 16, 2004 in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as CPL Rintamaki, Steven Arnold, from LYNNWOOD, WA, at age 21, with WPNS CO, 3D BN, 1ST MAR, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, he went to Iraq with the MARINE CORPS. He did not come home.
Killed on September 16, 2004 in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Rintamaki, Steven Arnold 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: September 16, 2004. Hometown: LYNNWOOD, WA.
Explore Further
Rintamaki, Steven Arnold 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.