Waruinge, Kevin Gachau
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Verified Lance Cpl. Kevin Gachau Waruinge, 22, of Hillsborough, Florida, was a U.S. Marine Corps reservist. He was killed by hostile action on August 3, 2005, in Barwanah, Iraq.
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Kevin Gachau Waruinge was a 22-year-old American from Hillsborough, Florida. He served as a Lance Corporal in the Marine Corps Reserve, assigned to Company A, 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, 4th Marine Division, based in Gulfport, Mississippi.
On August 3, 2005, Waruinge was killed in the town of Barwanah, located in Iraq's Anbar province. The Department of Defense listed his death as resulting from hostile action. Specific details of the incident were not widely reported in national news archives.
Waruinge's death occurred during Operation Iraqi Freedom, a period marked by intense counterinsurgency operations and escalating sectarian violence. The years 2005 to 2007 were among the deadliest of the conflict for U.S. forces, with Anbar province a focal point of insurgent activity.
His death was recorded in official military casualty lists and by memorial databases. Public records show he was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart.
Lance Cpl. Waruinge is remembered on the Iraq War Memorial and by his unit. His name is inscribed on Panel 09E, Line 124 of the Iraq War Memorial at the Veterans Memorial Park in Hillsborough County, Florida.
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Lance Cpl. Waruinge was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003–2010). 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.
