Sonoda, Mike Takeshi Jr
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Verified On September 22, 2005, the ARMY lost SGT Sonoda, Mike Takeshi Jr of FALLBROOK, CA in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 34. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From FALLBROOK, CA, SGT Sonoda, Mike Takeshi Jr, serving with D COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 184TH INFANTRY (TF BAGHDAD), FULLERTON, CA, was 34 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
Killed on September 22, 2005 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Sonoda, Mike Takeshi Jr was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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.
Explore Further
Sonoda, Mike Takeshi Jr 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.
