Mata, Johnny Villareal
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Verified From AMARILLO, TX, CW2 Mata, Johnny Villareal served with the ARMY, 507TH ORDNANCE MAINTENANCE COMPANY (PATRIOT), FT. BLISS, TX 79916, and died on March 23, 2003 in AN NASIRIYAH, IRAQ. He was 35. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
CW2 Mata, Johnny Villareal, 35 years old, grew up in AMARILLO, TX and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with 507TH ORDNANCE MAINTENANCE COMPANY (PATRIOT), FT. BLISS, TX 79916 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on March 23, 2003 in AN NASIRIYAH, 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.
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
Mata, Johnny Villareal 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.
