Rivera, Michael Daniel
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Verified Active Duty, ARMY, HHT, 2D SQUADRON, 5TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX, SPC Rivera, Michael Daniel of BROOKLYN, NY, 22, died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on March 7, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? HHT, 2D SQUADRON, 5TH CAVALRY, FORT HOOD, TX ? serving as SPC, Rivera, Michael Daniel was 22 and came from BROOKLYN, NY.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on March 7, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ, from 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: March 7, 2007. Hometown: BROOKLYN, NY.
Explore Further
Rivera, Michael Daniel 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.
