Smith, Matthew Robert

Also known as: LCPL, I-I STF, DET 1, COMMCO, H&SBN, PERU, IN

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedMay 10, 2003

Age20 years old

Location of DeathCAMP COYOTE, KUWAIT

Cause of DeathKilled in action

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

I-I STF, DET 1, COMMCO, H&SBN, PERU, IN, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Smith, Matthew Robert (ANDERSON, IN), age 20, ? died in CAMP COYOTE, KUWAIT on May 10, 2003.

Their Story

The MARINE CORPS, I-I STF, DET 1, COMMCO, H&SBN, PERU, IN, sent Smith, Matthew Robert of ANDERSON, IN, then 20, ? LCPL ? to Iraq.

May 10, 2003 ? Smith, Matthew Robert died in CAMP COYOTE, KUWAIT. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2003.

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: May 10, 2003. Hometown: ANDERSON, IN.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

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Smith, Matthew Robert 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.

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