Gonzalez, Carlos Michael
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Verified CPL Gonzalez, Carlos Michael, 22, a native of MIDDLETOWN, NY, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 101ST SIGNAL DETACHMENT, 501ST SPEC TRP BN, (1 MEF) FORT CAMPBELL, KY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 16, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as CPL Gonzalez, Carlos Michael, from MIDDLETOWN, NY, at age 22, with 101ST SIGNAL DETACHMENT, 501ST SPEC TRP BN, (1 MEF) FORT CAMPBELL, KY, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
On March 16, 2006, he died in TIKRIT, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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: March 16, 2006. Hometown: MIDDLETOWN, NY.
Explore Further
Gonzalez, Carlos Michael 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.
