Smith, Benjamin Kent
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Verified SGT Smith, Benjamin Kent, age 24, of CARTERVILLE, IL ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 3D PLT, (C CO, 1ST TANK BN) 1ST BN, 7TH MAR, 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, ? died on September 22, 2004 in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SGT Smith, Benjamin Kent, from CARTERVILLE, IL, at age 24, with 3D PLT, (C CO, 1ST TANK BN) 1ST BN, 7TH MAR, 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, he went to Iraq with the MARINE CORPS. He did not come home.
On September 22, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Smith, Benjamin Kent in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ. He was 24. 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: September 22, 2004. Hometown: CARTERVILLE, IL.
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Smith, Benjamin Kent 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.
