Velloza, Jake Robert
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Verified At 22, SPC Velloza, Jake Robert of INVERNESS, CA was serving with the ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 12TH CAVALRY, 3 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, when he died in MOSUL, IRAQ on May 2, 2009. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Velloza, Jake Robert of INVERNESS, CA, 22 years old, served in the ARMY with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 12TH CAVALRY, 3 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX at the rank of SPC ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
On May 2, 2009, he died in MOSUL, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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 ARMY classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Velloza, Jake Robert 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.
