Mendoza, Hugo Victor
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Verified COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 503D INFANTRY, 173D ABCT, CAMP EDERLE, ITALY, ARMY ? SPC Mendoza, Hugo Victor (GLENDALE, AZ), age 29, ? died in KORENGAL VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN on October 25, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? COMPANY B, 2D BATTALION, 503D INFANTRY, 173D ABCT, CAMP EDERLE, ITALY ? serving as SPC, Mendoza, Hugo Victor was 29 and came from GLENDALE, AZ.
He did not survive OEF. The ARMY recorded his death on October 25, 2007 in KORENGAL VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN, from HOSTILE.
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
Mendoza, Hugo Victor 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.
