Bridges, Michael Paul
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Verified PV2 Bridges, Michael Paul, 23, a native of PLACENTIA, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 66TH ARMOR, FORT HOOD, TX, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 2, 2006.
Their Story
The ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 66TH ARMOR, FORT HOOD, TX, sent Bridges, Michael Paul of PLACENTIA, CA, then 23, ? PV2 ? to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on November 2, 2006 in TAJI, IRAQ.
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: November 2, 2006. Hometown: PLACENTIA, CA.
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Bridges, 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.
