Rios, Duane Roy
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Verified From HAMMOND, IN, SGT Rios, Duane Roy served with the MARINE CORPS, 1ST CEB, 1ST MARDIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, and died on April 4, 2003 in Iraq. He was 25. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
SGT Rios, Duane Roy, 25 years old, grew up in HAMMOND, IN and served as Active Duty in the MARINE CORPS with 1ST CEB, 1ST MARDIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On April 4, 2003, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Rios, Duane Roy in Iraq. He was 25. 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: April 4, 2003. Hometown: HAMMOND, IN.
Explore Further
Rios, Duane Roy 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.
