Montenegro, Jose Luis Jr
From HOUSTON, TX, CW2 Montenegro, Jose Luis Jr served with the ARMY, TROOP F, 1ST SQUADRON, 17TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 82ND CAB, FORT BRAGG, NC, and died on September 5, 2012 in PUL-E ALAM, AFGHANISTAN. He was 31. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Montenegro, Jose Luis Jr was 31 and from HOUSTON, TX when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP F, 1ST SQUADRON, 17TH CAVALRY REGIMENT, 82ND CAB, FORT BRAGG, NC as CW2. Operation Enduring Freedom would take his life.
He did not survive OEF. The ARMY recorded his death on September 5, 2012 in PUL-E ALAM, 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.
HOUSTON, TX is where Montenegro, Jose Luis Jr came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
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Montenegro, Jose Luis Jr 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.