Tejeda, Riayan Augusto
Male
Verified From NEW YORK, NY, SSGT Tejeda, Riayan Augusto served with the MARINE CORPS, 3D BN, 5TH MAR, 1ST MARDIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA, and died on April 11, 2003 in Iraq. He was 26. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
SSGT Tejeda, Riayan Augusto, 26 years old, grew up in NEW YORK, NY and served as Active Duty in the MARINE CORPS with 3D BN, 5TH MAR, 1ST MARDIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On April 11, 2003, he died in Iraq ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: April 11, 2003. Hometown: NEW YORK, NY.
Explore Further
Tejeda, Riayan Augusto 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.
