Van Slyke, Bufford Kenneth
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Verified On February 28, 2007, the MARINE CORPS lost PFC Van Slyke, Bufford Kenneth of BAY CITY, MI in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Van Slyke, Bufford Kenneth of BAY CITY, MI, 22 years old, served in the MARINE CORPS with B CO, 1ST BN, 24TH MAR, 4TH MAR DIV, SAGINAW, MI at the rank of PFC ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
February 28, 2007 ? Van Slyke, Bufford Kenneth died in FALLUJAH, 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.
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
Van Slyke, Bufford Kenneth 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.
