Madero, Vincent Alexander
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Verified Active Duty, ARMY, HHB, 2D BATTALION, 82D FIELD ARTILLERY, 3 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, SPC Madero, Vincent Alexander of PORT HUENEME, CA, 22, died in BALAD, IRAQ on October 17, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SPC Madero, Vincent Alexander, from PORT HUENEME, CA, at age 22, with HHB, 2D BATTALION, 82D FIELD ARTILLERY, 3 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
On October 17, 2007, the ARMY lost SPC Madero, Vincent Alexander in BALAD, IRAQ. He was 22. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
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
Madero, Vincent Alexander 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.
