Menchaca, Kristian
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Verified PFC Menchaca, Kristian, 23, a native of SAN MARCOS, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 502D INFANTRY, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 19, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as PFC Menchaca, Kristian, from SAN MARCOS, TX, at age 23, with COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 502D INFANTRY, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on June 19, 2006 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ, from HOSTILE.
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
Menchaca, Kristian 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.
