Shumney, Dustin Michael
From VALLEJO, CA, 1STLT Shumney, Dustin Michael served with the MARINE CORPS, C CO, 1ST BN, 3D MAR, 31ST MEU, 1ST MAR DIV, KANEOHE BAY, HI, and died on January 26, 2005 in KOREAN VILLAGE, IRAQ. He was 30.
Their Story
Serving as 1STLT Shumney, Dustin Michael, from VALLEJO, CA, at age 30, with C CO, 1ST BN, 3D MAR, 31ST MEU, 1ST MAR DIV, KANEOHE BAY, HI, he went to Iraq with the MARINE CORPS. He did not come home.
He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on January 26, 2005 in KOREAN VILLAGE, IRAQ.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: January 26, 2005. Hometown: VALLEJO, CA.
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Shumney, Dustin Michael 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.