Rodriguez, Mario Jr
Male
Verified In POWRAK, LOGAR PROVINCE on June 11, 2010, the ARMY lost SGT Rodriguez, Mario Jr of SMITHVILLE, TX, 24, serving with 264TH CLEARANCE CO., 27TH ENGINEER BATTALION, FORT BRAGG, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, 264TH CLEARANCE CO., 27TH ENGINEER BATTALION, FORT BRAGG, NC, sent Rodriguez, Mario Jr of SMITHVILLE, TX, then 24, ? SGT ? to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
On June 11, 2010, he died in POWRAK, LOGAR PROVINCE ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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.
The ARMY classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oef.
Explore Further
Rodriguez, Mario Jr 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.
