Mendez Aceves, Fernando Alejandro
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Verified In AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ on April 6, 2004, the NAVY lost PO3 Mendez Aceves, Fernando Alejandro of PONCE, PR, 27, serving with NAVMEDCEN SD, 1ST MARDIV DET, SAN DIEGO, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the NAVY ? NAVMEDCEN SD, 1ST MARDIV DET, SAN DIEGO, CA ? serving as PO3, Mendez Aceves, Fernando Alejandro was 27 and came from PONCE, PR.
On April 6, 2004, the NAVY lost PO3 Mendez Aceves, Fernando Alejandro in AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ. He was 27. The NAVY recorded the cause as 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.
PONCE, PR is where Mendez Aceves, Fernando Alejandro came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
Explore Further
Mendez Aceves, Fernando Alejandro 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.
