Martinez, Michael Jason
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Verified In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on June 28, 2007, the ARMY lost SGT Martinez, Michael Jason of CHULA VISTA, CA, 24, serving with COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Martinez, Michael Jason of CHULA VISTA, CA, 24 years old, served in the ARMY with COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO at the rank of SGT ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
June 28, 2007 ? Martinez, Michael Jason died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2007.
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
Martinez, Michael Jason 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.
