Santoriello, Neil Anthony
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Verified From VERONA, PA, 1LT Santoriello, Neil Anthony served with the ARMY, A COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 34TH ARMOR, FORT RILEY, KANSAS 66442, and died on August 13, 2004 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 24. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as 1LT Santoriello, Neil Anthony, from VERONA, PA, at age 24, with A COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 34TH ARMOR, FORT RILEY, KANSAS 66442, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
August 13, 2004 ? Santoriello, Neil Anthony died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2004.
In the first year of occupation, military victory gave way to an insurgency the US hadn't planned for. Disbanding the Iraqi army created a vacuum. Armed groups filled it immediately.
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.
Explore Further
Santoriello, Neil Anthony 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.
