Candelo, Steven Ivan
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Verified On March 26, 2008, the ARMY lost CPL Candelo, Steven Ivan of HOUSTON, TX in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 20. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Candelo, Steven Ivan of HOUSTON, TX, 20 years old, served in the ARMY with TROOP A, 1ST SQUADRON, 2D CAVALRY, VILSECK, GERMANY at the rank of CPL ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on March 26, 2008 in BAGHDAD, 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 ARMY classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Candelo, Steven Ivan 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.
