Vanek, Joseph Michael
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Verified From ELMHURST, IL, SGT Vanek, Joseph Michael served with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 2D BATTALION, 325TH INFANTRY, 2D BRIGADE, FORT BRAGG, NC, and died on November 12, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 22. Cause: HOSTILE.
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A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? COMPANY C, 2D BATTALION, 325TH INFANTRY, 2D BRIGADE, FORT BRAGG, NC ? serving as SGT, Vanek, Joseph Michael was 22 and came from ELMHURST, IL.
On November 12, 2007, the ARMY lost SGT Vanek, Joseph Michael in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. He was 22. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
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: November 12, 2007. Hometown: ELMHURST, IL.
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Vanek, Joseph Michael 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.