Polo, Joe
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Verified In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on March 29, 2007, the ARMY lost SGT Polo, Joe of OPA-LOCKA, FL, 24, serving with COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY, FORT CARSON, CO. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION, 12TH INFANTRY, FORT CARSON, CO ? serving as SGT, Polo, Joe was 24 and came from OPA-LOCKA, FL.
Killed on March 29, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Polo, Joe was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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.
OPA-LOCKA, FL is where Polo, Joe came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
Explore Further
Polo, Joe 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.
