Gutierrez-rosales, Luis Enrique
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Verified SFC Gutierrez-rosales, Luis Enrique, 38, a native of REDWOOD VALLEY, CA, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 26TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, SCHWEINFURT, GM, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on July 18, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Gutierrez-rosales, Luis Enrique was 38 and from REDWOOD VALLEY, CA when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 26TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, SCHWEINFURT, GM as SFC. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
The date recorded for his death: July 18, 2007. Location: ADHAMIYAH, IRAQ. Cause: 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.
The ARMY classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Gutierrez-rosales, Luis Enrique 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.
