Martinez, Rafael Jr
Male
Verified Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP C, 7TH SQUADRON, 10TH CAVALRY REGT, 1 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, SGT Martinez, Rafael Jr of SPRING VALLEY, CA, 36, died in ROUTE OPEL, AFGHANISTAN on October 14, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Martinez, Rafael Jr of SPRING VALLEY, CA, 36 years old, served in the ARMY with TROOP C, 7TH SQUADRON, 10TH CAVALRY REGT, 1 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO at the rank of SGT ? one of the Americans deployed to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
On October 14, 2010, he died in ROUTE OPEL, AFGHANISTAN ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
Operation Enduring Freedom began October 7, 2001 ? twenty-six days after September 11. It lasted 13 years, the longest armed conflict in US history, ending December 28, 2014. 2,356 Americans were killed across Afghanistan, the Philippines, and the Horn of Africa.
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/oef.
Explore Further
Martinez, Rafael Jr 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.
