Luke McConnell

Luke McConnell

Infobox Military Person
name= Luke McConnell
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allegiance= United States of America
branch= United States Marine Corps
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rank= Captain
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unit=3rd Battalion, 1st Marines
battles=Operation Iraqi Freedom
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Luke McConnell is currently a Captain in the United States Marine Corps. As per standard administrative procedure, he was initially removed of command of the Camp Pendleton-based Kilo Company 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines following an alleged November 2005 war crime in Haditha, Iraq, where Marines under his command were accused of having murdered 24 civilians after one of them had been killed in an insurgent attack. He was removed along with the commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey R. Chessani and Captain James Kimber according to a report by The Times on 29 May, 2006. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,11069-2201470_1,00.html]
Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich was the Marine on patrol and is under investigation.

Charges against Captain McConnell have since been dismissed by Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis, commander of the Marine Forces Central Command, after it was decided that any alleged "errors or omissions" made by the Captain would best be handled through an administrative process.

According to reports in a local newspaper, Captain McConnell grew up in Napa, California and graduated from Vintage High School in 1993, where he was the captain of the football team. After that he went to study at the US Naval Academy, graduating in 1997. [" [http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2007/09/18/news/local/doc46f02f3239d49444249755.txt Charges dropped against Napan in Haditha case] ", The Napa Valley Register. Accessed September 18, 2007.] [" [http://www.napavalleyregister.com/articles/2006/06/13/news/local/iq_3473333.txt Attorney: Napa native did no wrong in Haditha] ", The Napa Valley Register. Accessed June 13, 2006.]

ee also

*Haditha killings
*Command responsibility

Notes

*Luke started his marine career as 1st. plt commander of bravo company , 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion , 29 palms CA.

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