Spahr, John Charles
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Verified In Iraq on May 2, 2005, the MARINE CORPS lost LTCOL Spahr, John Charles of CHERRY HILL, NJ, 42, serving with VMFA-323, MAG-11, 3D MAW, MCAS MIRAMAR, SAN DIEGO, CA.
Their Story
Serving as LTCOL Spahr, John Charles, from CHERRY HILL, NJ, at age 42, with VMFA-323, MAG-11, 3D MAW, MCAS MIRAMAR, SAN DIEGO, CA, he went to Iraq with the MARINE CORPS. He did not come home.
The date recorded for his death: May 2, 2005. Location: Iraq.
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 recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Spahr, John Charles 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.
