Soltau, Adrian Valentine
In AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ on September 13, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Soltau, Adrian Valentine of MILWAUKEE, WI, 21, serving with A CO, 3D AA BN, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as CPL Soltau, Adrian Valentine, from MILWAUKEE, WI, at age 21, with A CO, 3D AA BN, RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, he went to Iraq with the MARINE CORPS. He did not come home.
September 13, 2004 ? Soltau, Adrian Valentine died in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ, HOSTILE. 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: September 13, 2004. Hometown: MILWAUKEE, WI.
Explore Further
Soltau, Adrian Valentine 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.