Vanalstine, Adam John
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Verified At 21, LCPL Vanalstine, Adam John of SUPERIOR, WI was serving with the MARINE CORPS, I CO, 3 BN, 7TH MAR (2-28 BCT, 2D MARDIV) 1ST MARDIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, when he died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ on February 25, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Vanalstine, Adam John was 21 and from SUPERIOR, WI when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, I CO, 3 BN, 7TH MAR (2-28 BCT, 2D MARDIV) 1ST MARDIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA as LCPL. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
On February 25, 2006, he died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: February 25, 2006. Hometown: SUPERIOR, WI.
Explore Further
Vanalstine, Adam John 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.
