Ayala, Luis Gerardo
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Verified SPC Ayala, Luis Gerardo, 21, a native of SOUTH GATE, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 8TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 28, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 8TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX, sent Ayala, Luis Gerardo of SOUTH GATE, CA, then 21, ? SPC ? to Iraq.
The date recorded for his death: December 28, 2006. Location: TAJI, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
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: December 28, 2006. Hometown: SOUTH GATE, CA.
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Ayala, Luis Gerardo 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.