Smith, Raleigh Clinton
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Verified CPL Smith, Raleigh Clinton, age 21, of TROY, MT ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 3D BN, 5TH MAR, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, ? died on December 23, 2004 in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 3D BN, 5TH MAR, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, sent Smith, Raleigh Clinton of TROY, MT, then 21, ? CPL ? to Iraq.
The date recorded for his death: December 23, 2004. Location: FALLUJAH, IRAQ. Cause: 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.
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.
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Smith, Raleigh Clinton 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.