Perez, Joel
Male
Verified At 25, SGT Perez, Joel of RIO GRANDE, PR was serving with the ARMY, BATTERY A 2D BATTALION 5TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT, FORT SILL, OK 73503, when he died in AL FALLUJAH, IRAQ on November 2, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? BATTERY A 2D BATTALION 5TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT, FORT SILL, OK 73503 ? serving as SGT, Perez, Joel was 25 and came from RIO GRANDE, PR.
On November 2, 2003, the ARMY lost SGT Perez, Joel in AL FALLUJAH, IRAQ. He was 25. The ARMY recorded the cause as 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.
RIO GRANDE, PR is where Perez, Joel came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
Explore Further
Perez, Joel 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.
