Slay, Russell Lee
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Verified D CO, 2D AAV BN, 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, MARINE CORPS ? SSGT Slay, Russell Lee (HUMBLE, TX), age 28, ? died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on November 9, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Slay, Russell Lee was 28 and from HUMBLE, TX when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, D CO, 2D AAV BN, 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC as SSGT. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
On November 9, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost SSGT Slay, Russell Lee in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. He was 28. The MARINE CORPS recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
In the first year of occupation, military victory gave way to an insurgency the US hadn't planned for. Disbanding the Iraqi army created a vacuum. Armed groups filled it immediately.
The MARINE CORPS classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Slay, Russell 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.
