Vanleuven, Gary Francis
Male
Verified In AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ on April 17, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Vanleuven, Gary Francis of KLAMATH FALLS, OR, 20, serving with L CO, 3D BN, 7TH MAR, 1ST MARDIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The MARINE CORPS, L CO, 3D BN, 7TH MAR, 1ST MARDIV, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, sent Vanleuven, Gary Francis of KLAMATH FALLS, OR, then 20, ? LCPL ? to Iraq.
The date recorded for his death: April 17, 2004. Location: AL ANBAR PROVINCE, 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
Vanleuven, Gary Francis 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.
