Flores, Omar Demetrio
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Verified SSG Flores, Omar Demetrio, 27, a native of MISSION, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, CO C, 54TH ENG BN, 130TH ENG BDE, (1 MEF), BAMBERG, GERMANY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on July 8, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From MISSION, TX, SSG Flores, Omar Demetrio, serving with CO C, 54TH ENG BN, 130TH ENG BDE, (1 MEF), BAMBERG, GERMANY, was 27 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
July 8, 2006 ? Flores, Omar Demetrio died in BALAD, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2006.
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: July 8, 2006. Hometown: MISSION, TX.
Explore Further
Flores, Omar Demetrio 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.
