Vazquez, Frederik Erik
Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 1ST BN, 2D MAR, (RCT-2, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, LCPL Vazquez, Frederik Erik of MELROSE PARK, IL, 20, died in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on July 24, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Vazquez, Frederik Erik was 20 and from MELROSE PARK, IL when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 1ST BN, 2D MAR, (RCT-2, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC as LCPL. Operation Enduring Freedom would take his life.
On July 24, 2010, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Vazquez, Frederik Erik in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 20. The MARINE CORPS recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Enduring Freedom. Date of death: July 24, 2010. Hometown: MELROSE PARK, IL.
Explore Further
Vazquez, Frederik Erik 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.