Mejia, Bobby Ii
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Verified National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY E, 1ST BATTALION, 125TH INFANTRY, BIG RAPIDS, MI, SPC Mejia, Bobby Ii of SAGINAW, MI, 20, died in SALMAN PAK, IRAQ on December 23, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SPC Mejia, Bobby Ii, from SAGINAW, MI, at age 20, with COMPANY E, 1ST BATTALION, 125TH INFANTRY, BIG RAPIDS, MI, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
Killed on December 23, 2006 in SALMAN PAK, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Mejia, Bobby Ii was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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
Mejia, Bobby Ii 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.
