Perez, Hector Rene
In AL HAWD, IRAQ on July 24, 2003, the ARMY lost SSG Perez, Hector Rene of CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, 40, serving with COMPANY A 1ST BATTALION 327TH INFANTRY, FORT CAMPBELL, KY 42223. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, SSG Perez, Hector Rene, serving with COMPANY A 1ST BATTALION 327TH INFANTRY, FORT CAMPBELL, KY 42223, was 40 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
The date recorded for his death: July 24, 2003. Location: AL HAWD, 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: July 24, 2003. Hometown: CORPUS CHRISTI, TX.
Explore Further
Perez, Hector Rene 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.