Vega, Michael Willard
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Verified A COMPANY, 223RD MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION, SACRAMENTO, CA 95832, ARMY ? 1LT Vega, Michael Willard (LATHROP, CA), age 41, ? died in WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES on March 20, 2004.
Their Story
The ARMY, A COMPANY, 223RD MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION, SACRAMENTO, CA 95832, sent Vega, Michael Willard of LATHROP, CA, then 41, ? 1LT ? to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on March 20, 2004 in WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES.
In the first year of occupation, military victory gave way to an insurgency the US hadn't planned for. Disbanding the Iraqi army created a vacuum. Armed groups filled it immediately.
The ARMY recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Vega, Michael Willard 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.
