Vasquez, Manuel Joseph
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Verified From WEST SACRAMENTO, CA, SPC Vasquez, Manuel Joseph served with the ARMY, COMPANY C, 2ND BATTALION, 28TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 172ND IBCT, GRAFENWOEHR, GE, and died on April 24, 2012 in MARGAH PROPER, AFGHANISTAN. He was 22.
Their Story
Vasquez, Manuel Joseph was 22 and from WEST SACRAMENTO, CA when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY C, 2ND BATTALION, 28TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 172ND IBCT, GRAFENWOEHR, GE as SPC. Operation Enduring Freedom would take his life.
He did not survive OEF. The ARMY recorded his death on April 24, 2012 in MARGAH PROPER, AFGHANISTAN.
Operation Enduring Freedom began October 7, 2001 ? twenty-six days after September 11. It lasted 13 years, the longest armed conflict in US history, ending December 28, 2014. 2,356 Americans were killed across Afghanistan, the Philippines, and the Horn of Africa.
The members of COMPANY C, 2ND BATTALION, 28TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 172ND IBCT, GRAFENWOEHR, GE who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Vasquez, Manuel Joseph was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (from October 2001 to December 2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.
