Valdez, Ramona Magdalena

Also known as: CPL, HQ BN, (HQ CO, 8TH MAR, RCT-8), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC

Combatant

Female Verified

DiedJune 23, 2005

Age20 years old

Location of DeathFALLUJAH, IRAQ

Cause of DeathHOSTILE

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, HQ BN, (HQ CO, 8TH MAR, RCT-8), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, CPL Valdez, Ramona Magdalena of BRONX, NY, 20, died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on June 23, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.

Their Story

Valdez, Ramona Magdalena was 20 and from BRONX, NY when she joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, HQ BN, (HQ CO, 8TH MAR, RCT-8), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC as CPL. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take her life.

She did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded her death on June 23, 2005 in FALLUJAH, 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.

The MARINE CORPS classified her death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. Her name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Valdez, Ramona Magdalena 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.

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