Tamayo, Fernando Sanchez
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Verified LCPL Tamayo, Fernando Sanchez, 19, a native of FONTANA, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, I CO, 3D BN, 4TH MAR, (RCT 7, I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 21, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the MARINE CORPS ? I CO, 3D BN, 4TH MAR, (RCT 7, I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA ? serving as LCPL, Tamayo, Fernando Sanchez was 19 and came from FONTANA, CA.
Killed on December 21, 2006 in AH NAHIYAH, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Tamayo, Fernando Sanchez was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
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/oif.
Explore Further
Tamayo, Fernando Sanchez 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.
