Briones, Pablito Pena Jr
HN Briones, Pablito Pena Jr, 22, a native of ANAHEIM, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, NAVY, NAVMEDCEN SAN DIEGO CA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 28, 2004.
Their Story
Briones, Pablito Pena Jr was 22 and from ANAHEIM, CA when he joined the Active Duty, NAVY, NAVMEDCEN SAN DIEGO CA as HN. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
The date recorded for his death: December 28, 2004. Location: FALLUJAH, IRAQ.
In the first year of occupation, military victory gave way to an insurgency the US hadn't planned for. Disbanding the Iraqi army created a vacuum. Armed groups filled it immediately.
The NAVY recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
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Briones, Pablito Pena Jr 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.