Sickels, Kenneth Lee
PFC Sickels, Kenneth Lee, 20, a native of APPLE VALLEY, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 1ST BN, 7TH MAR, RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on September 27, 2004.
Their Story
The MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 1ST BN, 7TH MAR, RCT-7, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, sent Sickels, Kenneth Lee of APPLE VALLEY, CA, then 20, ? PFC ? to Iraq.
September 27, 2004 ? Sickels, Kenneth Lee died in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2004.
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.
APPLE VALLEY, CA is where Sickels, Kenneth Lee came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
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Sickels, Kenneth Lee 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.