Contreras, Andres Jonathan
Male
Verified From HUNTINGTON PARK, CA, SSG Contreras, Andres Jonathan served with the ARMY, 258TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 519TH MP BN, 49TH MP BDE, FORT POLK, LA, and died on July 15, 2006 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 23. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? 258TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 519TH MP BN, 49TH MP BDE, FORT POLK, LA ? serving as SSG, Contreras, Andres Jonathan was 23 and came from HUNTINGTON PARK, CA.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on July 15, 2006 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
Contreras, Andres 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.
