Maldonado, Jose Luis
Male
Verified In HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on December 17, 2010, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Maldonado, Jose Luis of MATHIS, TX, 21, serving with 3D BN 5TH MAR, (RCT-2, I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as LCPL Maldonado, Jose Luis, from MATHIS, TX, at age 21, with 3D BN 5TH MAR, (RCT-2, I MEF FWD), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, he went to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa with the MARINE CORPS. He did not come home.
Killed on December 17, 2010 in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN ? HOSTILE ?, Maldonado, Jose Luis was one of the 2356 Americans the country lost in Operation Enduring Freedom.
In the final years of OEF, a surge had been deployed and drawn down. The Taliban had outlasted every strategy. The Afghan army the US built would collapse six years after OEF ended.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Enduring Freedom. Date of death: December 17, 2010. Hometown: MATHIS, TX.
Explore Further
Maldonado, Jose Luis was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (from October 2001 to December 2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.
