Arciola, Michael Anthony
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Verified From ELMSFORD, NY, SPC Arciola, Michael Anthony served with the ARMY, D CO, 1ST BN, 503D INF, 2D INF DIV, (1 MEF), FORT CARSON, CO, and died on February 15, 2005 in TAQADDUM, IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Arciola, Michael Anthony was 20 and from ELMSFORD, NY when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, D CO, 1ST BN, 503D INF, 2D INF DIV, (1 MEF), FORT CARSON, CO as SPC. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on February 15, 2005 in TAQADDUM, IRAQ, from HOSTILE.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
The ARMY 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
Arciola, Michael Anthony 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.
