Valdepenas, Eric Paul
Male
Verified Reserve, MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 1ST BN, 25TH MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 4TH MAR DIV, AYER, MA, LCPL Valdepenas, Eric Paul of SEEKONK, MA, 21, died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on September 4, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From SEEKONK, MA, LCPL Valdepenas, Eric Paul, serving with WPNS CO, 1ST BN, 25TH MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 4TH MAR DIV, AYER, MA, was 21 years old when he deployed with the MARINE CORPS to Iraq.
The date recorded for his death: September 4, 2006. Location: FALLUJAH, IRAQ. Cause: 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.
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
Valdepenas, Eric Paul 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.
