Baez, Miguel Angel Iii
From BONAIRE, GA, CPL Baez, Miguel Angel Iii served with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 325TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, and died on February 5, 2008 in AL MUQDADIYAH, IRAQ. He was 32. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From BONAIRE, GA, CPL Baez, Miguel Angel Iii, serving with COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 325TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, was 32 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on February 5, 2008 in AL MUQDADIYAH, IRAQ, from 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.
The members of COMPANY C, 1ST BATTALION, 325TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Baez, Miguel Angel Iii 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.