Hernandez, Robert
SSG Hernandez, Robert, 47, a native of SILVER SPRING, MD, died serving in the Reserve, ARMY, HEADQUARTERS 80TH DIVISION, IT, DETACHMENT 9 (TF MNSTC-I), RICHMOND, VA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 28, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
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From SILVER SPRING, MD, SSG Hernandez, Robert, serving with HEADQUARTERS 80TH DIVISION, IT, DETACHMENT 9 (TF MNSTC-I), RICHMOND, VA, was 47 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on March 28, 2006 in TAQADDUM, 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 28, 2006. Hometown: SILVER SPRING, MD.
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Hernandez, Robert 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.