Castro, Roland Lee
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Verified From SAN ANTONIO, TX, SSG Castro, Roland Lee served with the ARMY, BATTERY A, 1ST BATTALION, 12TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT SILL, OK 73503, and died on January 16, 2004 in CEDAR, IRAQ. He was 26.
Their Story
Castro, Roland Lee of SAN ANTONIO, TX, 26 years old, served in the ARMY with BATTERY A, 1ST BATTALION, 12TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT SILL, OK 73503 at the rank of SSG ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
On January 16, 2004, the ARMY lost SSG Castro, Roland Lee in CEDAR, IRAQ. He was 26.
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 ARMY 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.
Explore Further
Castro, Roland Lee 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.
