Diaz-varela, Sergio Rafael
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Verified SPC Diaz-varela, Sergio Rafael, age 21, of LOMITA, CA ? Active Duty, ARMY, B COMPANY, 1ST BN, 503RD INFANTRY, 2D INFANTRY DIVISION, APO AP 96224, (CAMP HOWZE, KOREA), ? died on November 24, 2004 in AR RAMADI, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
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A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? B COMPANY, 1ST BN, 503RD INFANTRY, 2D INFANTRY DIVISION, APO AP 96224, (CAMP HOWZE, KOREA) ? serving as SPC, Diaz-varela, Sergio Rafael was 21 and came from LOMITA, CA.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on November 24, 2004 in AR RAMADI, 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.
LOMITA, CA is where Diaz-varela, Sergio Rafael came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
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Diaz-varela, Sergio Rafael 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.
