Velez, Andrew
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Verified SPC Velez, Andrew, 22, a native of LUBBOCK, TX, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, 699 ORDNANCE COMPANY, MAINTENANCE DIRECT SUPPORT 9, FORT IRWIN, CA, during Operation Enduring Freedom on July 25, 2006.
Their Story
Velez, Andrew of LUBBOCK, TX, 22 years old, served in the ARMY with 699 ORDNANCE COMPANY, MAINTENANCE DIRECT SUPPORT 9, FORT IRWIN, CA at the rank of SPC ? one of the Americans deployed to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
Killed on July 25, 2006 in SHARONA, AFGHANISTAN, Velez, Andrew was one of the 2356 Americans the country lost in Operation Enduring Freedom.
By the mid-period of OEF, the Taliban had rebuilt. IED attacks were climbing every year. Deaths were rising.
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/oef.
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Velez, Andrew 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.
