Gonzalez, Orlando Eric
PFC Gonzalez, Orlando Eric, age 21, of NEW FREEDOM, PA ? Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP A, 5TH SQUADRON, 73D CAVALRY, 3 BCT, (25 ID), FORT BRAGG, NC, ? died on March 25, 2007 in BAQUBAH, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? TROOP A, 5TH SQUADRON, 73D CAVALRY, 3 BCT, (25 ID), FORT BRAGG, NC ? serving as PFC, Gonzalez, Orlando Eric was 21 and came from NEW FREEDOM, PA.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on March 25, 2007 in BAQUBAH, IRAQ, from 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: March 25, 2007. Hometown: NEW FREEDOM, PA.
Explore Further
Gonzalez, Orlando Eric 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.