Rodriguez, Rodolfo Ivan
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Verified MAJ Rodriguez, Rodolfo Ivan, 34, a native of EL PASO, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, AIR FORCE, 86TH CONSTRUCTION AND TRAINING SQUADRON, RAMSTEIN AB, GERMANY, during Operation Enduring Freedom on September 20, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Rodriguez, Rodolfo Ivan of EL PASO, TX, 34 years old, served in the AIR FORCE with 86TH CONSTRUCTION AND TRAINING SQUADRON, RAMSTEIN AB, GERMANY at the rank of MAJ ? one of the Americans deployed to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
On September 20, 2008, he died in ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
By the mid-period of OEF, the Taliban had rebuilt. IED attacks were climbing every year. Deaths were rising.
The AIR FORCE 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, Rodolfo Ivan 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.
