Rangel, Ray
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Verified In BALAD AB, IRAQ on February 13, 2005, the AIR FORCE lost SSGT Rangel, Ray of SAN ANTONIO, TX, 29, serving with 7TH CIVIL ENGINEERING SQUADRON, DYESS AFB TX.
Their Story
Rangel, Ray was 29 and from SAN ANTONIO, TX when he joined the Active Duty, AIR FORCE, 7TH CIVIL ENGINEERING SQUADRON, DYESS AFB TX as SSGT. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
On February 13, 2005, he died in BALAD AB, IRAQ. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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.
SAN ANTONIO, TX is where Rangel, Ray came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
Explore Further
Rangel, Ray 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.
