Barrera, Michael Paul
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Verified From VON ORMY, TX, SSG Barrera, Michael Paul served with the ARMY, COMPANY A 3D BATTALION 67TH ARMOR, FORT HOOD, TX 76544, and died on October 28, 2003 in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 26. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Barrera, Michael Paul of VON ORMY, TX, 26 years old, served in the ARMY with COMPANY A 3D BATTALION 67TH ARMOR, FORT HOOD, TX 76544 at the rank of SSG ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
On October 28, 2003, he died in BALAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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: October 28, 2003. Hometown: VON ORMY, TX.
Explore Further
Barrera, Michael Paul 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.
