Catalan, Romel
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Verified CPL Catalan, Romel, age 21, of LOS ANGELES, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 23D INFANTRY, 3 BCT, FORT LEWIS, WA, ? died on June 2, 2007 in AMERIYAH, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Catalan, Romel was 21 and from LOS ANGELES, CA when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 23D INFANTRY, 3 BCT, FORT LEWIS, WA as CPL. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
Killed on June 2, 2007 in AMERIYAH, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Catalan, Romel was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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: June 2, 2007. Hometown: LOS ANGELES, CA.
Explore Further
Catalan, Romel 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.
