Pleitez, Benjamin Carlos
Male
Verified At 25, SPC Pleitez, Benjamin Carlos of TURLOCK, CA was serving with the ARMY, 649TH MP CO, 185TH MP BN, 49TH MP BRIGADE, 40TH ID, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA, when he died in MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN on July 27, 2012.
Their Story
Pleitez, Benjamin Carlos was 25 and from TURLOCK, CA when he joined the National Guard, ARMY, 649TH MP CO, 185TH MP BN, 49TH MP BRIGADE, 40TH ID, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA as SPC. Operation Enduring Freedom would take his life.
July 27, 2012 ? Pleitez, Benjamin Carlos died in MAZAR-E-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2012.
In the final years of OEF, a surge had been deployed and drawn down. The Taliban had outlasted every strategy. The Afghan army the US built would collapse six years after OEF ended.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Enduring Freedom. Date of death: July 27, 2012. Hometown: TURLOCK, CA.
Explore Further
Pleitez, Benjamin Carlos 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.
