Diraimondo, Michael Anthony
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Verified Active Duty, ARMY, 571ST MEDICAL COMPANY, 4TH BATTALION, 3D ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT, FORT CARSON, CO 80913, SGT Diraimondo, Michael Anthony of SIMI VALLEY, CA, 22, died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ on January 8, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Diraimondo, Michael Anthony of SIMI VALLEY, CA, 22 years old, served in the ARMY with 571ST MEDICAL COMPANY, 4TH BATTALION, 3D ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT, FORT CARSON, CO 80913 at the rank of SGT ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
January 8, 2004 ? Diraimondo, Michael Anthony died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2004.
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 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
Diraimondo, Michael Anthony 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.
