Garcia, Christian Anthony Saracho

Christian Anthony Saracho Garcia was a 30-year-old U.S. Army Staff Sergeant from Goodyear, Arizona. He was assigned to Maintenance Troop, Regimental Support Squadron, and was based at Fort Hood, Texas, before deploying to Iraq.

According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Garcia died on April 2, 2011, in Babil province, south of Baghdad. The official casualty report listed the cause as hostile action. Specific details of the incident were not released in initial announcements.

Garcia was killed during Operation New Dawn, the final phase of the U.S. military mission in Iraq that began in September 2010. The operation focused on advising and assisting Iraqi security forces as U.S. combat troops withdrew. The period saw continued, though reduced, insurgent attacks against remaining U.S. personnel.

His death was reported by national and local news outlets, including The Arizona Republic. The Army posthumously awarded Garcia the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart, according to a Fort Hood press release. He was survived by his wife and children.

Garcia is memorialized on the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America remembrance page and at Fort Hood. His name is inscribed on the 3rd Cavalry Regiment memorial.

SSG Garcia was killed during Operation New Dawn (2010?2011). The conflict concluded in December 2011. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Jenkins, Phillip Chad, Mcclamrock, James Fleet, Hansen, James Arthur, Burner, John Franklin Iii.

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