Swanson, Justin James
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Verified H&S CO, 1ST BN 5TH MAR, (RCT-7, 2D MEB FWD) 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, MARINE CORPS ? LCPL Swanson, Justin James (ANAHIEM, CA), age 21, ? died in NAWA, AFGHANISTAN on November 10, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Swanson, Justin James was 21 and from ANAHIEM, CA when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, H&S CO, 1ST BN 5TH MAR, (RCT-7, 2D MEB FWD) 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA as LCPL. Operation Enduring Freedom would take his life.
He did not survive OEF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on November 10, 2009 in NAWA, AFGHANISTAN, from HOSTILE.
Operation Enduring Freedom began October 7, 2001 ? twenty-six days after September 11. It lasted 13 years, the longest armed conflict in US history, ending December 28, 2014. 2,356 Americans were killed across Afghanistan, the Philippines, and the Horn of Africa.
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/oef.
Explore Further
Swanson, Justin James was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (from October 2001 to December 2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.
