Castro, Jonathan
From CORONA, CA, CPL Castro, Jonathan served with the ARMY, 73D ENGINEER COMPANY, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, FORT LEWIS, WA, and died on December 21, 2004 in MOSUL, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.
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A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? 73D ENGINEER COMPANY, 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION, FORT LEWIS, WA ? serving as CPL, Castro, Jonathan was 21 and came from CORONA, CA.
On December 21, 2004, the ARMY lost CPL Castro, Jonathan in MOSUL, IRAQ. He was 21. The ARMY recorded the cause as 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: December 21, 2004. Hometown: CORONA, CA.
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Castro, Jonathan 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.