Rojas, Michael Mathew

Also known as: CPL, BATTERY C, 1ST BATTALION, 37TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT LEWIS, WA

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedApril 18, 2007

Age21 years old

Location of DeathTAJI, IRAQ

Cause of DeathHOSTILE

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

On April 18, 2007, the ARMY lost CPL Rojas, Michael Mathew of FRESNO, CA in TAJI, IRAQ. He was 21. Cause: HOSTILE.

Their Story

Rojas, Michael Mathew was 21 and from FRESNO, CA when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, BATTERY C, 1ST BATTALION, 37TH FIELD ARTILLERY, FORT LEWIS, WA as CPL. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.

April 18, 2007 ? Rojas, Michael Mathew died in TAJI, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2007.

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 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/oif.

Sources & References

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

Explore Further

Rojas, Michael Mathew 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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