Paredes, Javier Gonzalo
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Verified CPL Paredes, Javier Gonzalo, age 24, of SAN ANTONIO, TX ? Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 2D BATTALION, 69TH ARMOR, 3 BCT, FORT BENNING, GA, ? died on September 5, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From SAN ANTONIO, TX, CPL Paredes, Javier Gonzalo, serving with HHC, 2D BATTALION, 69TH ARMOR, 3 BCT, FORT BENNING, GA, was 24 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on September 5, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ, from 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
Paredes, Javier Gonzalo 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.
