Baez, Cesar Omar
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Verified PO2 Baez, Cesar Omar, 37, a native of POMONA, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, NAVY, H&S CO, 1ST BN, 5TH MAR, 2BCT, 2D MARDIV, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 15, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From POMONA, CA, PO2 Baez, Cesar Omar, serving with H&S CO, 1ST BN, 5TH MAR, 2BCT, 2D MARDIV, was 37 years old when he deployed with the NAVY to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The NAVY recorded his death on June 15, 2005 in AR RAMADI, 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 NAVY 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
Baez, Cesar Omar 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.
