Mercado Velazquez, Angel David
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Verified On September 1, 2006, the ARMY lost SSG Mercado Velazquez, Angel David of SABANA GRANDE, PR in YUSIFIYAH, IRAQ. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SSG Mercado Velazquez, Angel David, from SABANA GRANDE, PR, at age 24, with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 325TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
The date recorded for his death: September 1, 2006. Location: YUSIFIYAH, IRAQ. Cause: 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
Mercado Velazquez, Angel David 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.
