Zurheide, Robert Paul Jr
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Verified Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, E CO, 2D BN, 1ST MAR, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, LCPL Zurheide, Robert Paul Jr of TUCSON, AZ, 20, died in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ on April 12, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
LCPL Zurheide, Robert Paul Jr, 20 years old, grew up in TUCSON, AZ and served as Active Duty in the MARINE CORPS with E CO, 2D BN, 1ST MAR, 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On April 12, 2004, he died in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, 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.
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
Zurheide, Robert Paul Jr 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.
