Tejeda, Luis Enrique
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Verified At 20, CPL Tejeda, Luis Enrique of HUNTINGTON PARK, CA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 36TH INFANTRY, GIESSEN, GERMANY, when he died in AL ASAD, IRAQ on September 30, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From HUNTINGTON PARK, CA, CPL Tejeda, Luis Enrique, serving with COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 36TH INFANTRY, GIESSEN, GERMANY, was 20 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
On September 30, 2006, the ARMY lost CPL Tejeda, Luis Enrique in AL ASAD, 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
Tejeda, Luis Enrique 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.
