Velasco, Marcelo Reinaldo
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Verified At 40, GYSGT Velasco, Marcelo Reinaldo of MIAMI, FL was serving with the MARINE CORPS, I MHG, I MEF (FWD) CAMP PENDLETON, CA, when he died in CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ on November 19, 2008.
Their Story
A Reserve member of the MARINE CORPS ? I MHG, I MEF (FWD) CAMP PENDLETON, CA ? serving as GYSGT, Velasco, Marcelo Reinaldo was 40 and came from MIAMI, FL.
Killed on November 19, 2008 in CAMP FALLUJAH, IRAQ, Velasco, Marcelo Reinaldo was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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: November 19, 2008. Hometown: MIAMI, FL.
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Velasco, Marcelo Reinaldo 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.
