Strong, Johnny Ray
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Verified At 21, LCPL Strong, Johnny Ray of WACO, TX was serving with the MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 2D BN, 7TH MAR, 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, when he died in KARMAH, IRAQ on June 12, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 2D BN, 7TH MAR, 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, sent Strong, Johnny Ray of WACO, TX, then 21, ? LCPL ? to Iraq.
June 12, 2007 ? Strong, Johnny Ray died in KARMAH, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2007.
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.
WACO, TX is where Strong, Johnny Ray 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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Strong, Johnny Ray 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.
