Garces, Tomas

Also known as: SPC, 1836TH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (13CC), FORT BLISS, TX 79906-6816

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedSeptember 6, 2004

Age19 years old

Location of DeathBAGHDAD, IRAQ

Cause of DeathHOSTILE

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

SPC Garces, Tomas, 19, a native of WESLACO, TX, died serving in the National Guard, ARMY, 1836TH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (13CC), FORT BLISS, TX 79906-6816, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on September 6, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.

Their Story

Garces, Tomas was 19 and from WESLACO, TX when he joined the National Guard, ARMY, 1836TH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (13CC), FORT BLISS, TX 79906-6816 as SPC. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.

On September 6, 2004, the ARMY lost SPC Garces, Tomas in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 19. The ARMY recorded the cause as 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.

Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: September 6, 2004. Hometown: WESLACO, TX.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Garces, Tomas 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.

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