Bonilla Perez, Axel Omar

Axel Omar Bonilla Perez was a 30-year-old sergeant from Arecibo, Puerto Rico. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve as a member of the 268th Inland Cargo Transfer Company, 292nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, part of the 101st Troop Command based at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico. His unit was deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Sgt. Bonilla Perez died on December 15, 2017, at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. He had been medically evacuated from Iraq after being wounded in a non-combat related incident earlier in December. The specific circumstances of the incident were not detailed in the official release.

Operation Inherent Resolve is the U.S.-led military intervention against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syria. It was launched in August 2014 following the group's seizure of large territories, including the city of Mosul. The campaign involved coalition airstrikes and support for local ground forces.

The Army announced his death in a press release on December 18, 2017. He was posthumously promoted from specialist to sergeant. His death was reported by military-focused news outlets, which noted his evacuation from the combat theater prior to his passing.

Sgt. Bonilla Perez is memorialized on the U.S. Army Reserve's casualty list for Operation Inherent Resolve. His name is included in the Pentagon's official tally of service members who died supporting the campaign.

Sgt. Bonilla Perez was killed during Operation Inherent Resolve (ongoing since 2014). See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Villotcarrasco, Yeshabel, Spears, Jordan Lee, Walker, Jonathan Doyle, Neal, Sean Patrick.

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