Santos, Luis Daniel
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Verified In BURITZ, IRAQ on June 8, 2006, the ARMY lost CPL Santos, Luis Daniel of RIALTO, CA, 20, serving with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 68TH ARMORED REGIMENT, FORT CARSON, CO. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From RIALTO, CA, CPL Santos, Luis Daniel, serving with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 68TH ARMORED REGIMENT, FORT CARSON, CO, was 20 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
On June 8, 2006, the ARMY lost CPL Santos, Luis Daniel in BURITZ, IRAQ. He was 20. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
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
Santos, Luis Daniel 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.
