Vega, Frances M
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Verified SPC Vega, Frances M, 20, a native of FT BUCHANAN, PR, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 151ST ADJUTANT GENERAL POSTAL, DETACHMENT 3, FORT HOOD, TX 76544, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on November 2, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
SPC Vega, Frances M, 20 years old, grew up in FT BUCHANAN, PR and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with 151ST ADJUTANT GENERAL POSTAL, DETACHMENT 3, FORT HOOD, TX 76544 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On November 2, 2003, the ARMY lost SPC Vega, Frances M in AL FALLUJAH, IRAQ. She was 20. 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.
The members of 151ST ADJUTANT GENERAL POSTAL, DETACHMENT 3, FORT HOOD, TX 76544 who served alongside her carry her memory. Her record in DCAS documents her service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Vega, Frances M 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.
