Stock, John Christian
SSGT Stock, John Christian, 26, a native of LONGVIEW, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, B CO, 3D AA BN, (TF 1/3, RCT-2, II MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on September 6, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SSGT Stock, John Christian, from LONGVIEW, TX, at age 26, with B CO, 3D AA BN, (TF 1/3, RCT-2, II MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, he went to Iraq with the MARINE CORPS. He did not come home.
He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on September 6, 2007 in ALBU HYATT, IRAQ, from 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.
LONGVIEW, TX is where Stock, John Christian came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
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Stock, John Christian 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.