Rivera-vargas, Milton

Also known as: SSG, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 296TH INFANTRY, SABANA GRANDE, PR

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedDecember 8, 2005

Age55 years old

Location of DeathKALSU, IRAQ

Cause of DeathKilled in action

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 296TH INFANTRY, SABANA GRANDE, PR, SSG Rivera-vargas, Milton of BOQUERON, PR, 55, died in KALSU, IRAQ on December 8, 2005.

Their Story

Rivera-vargas, Milton was 55 and from BOQUERON, PR when he joined the National Guard, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 296TH INFANTRY, SABANA GRANDE, PR as SSG. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.

The date recorded for his death: December 8, 2005. Location: KALSU, IRAQ.

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.

The ARMY recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Rivera-vargas, Milton 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.

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