Maldonado, Pedro Antonio
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Verified U.S. Army Specialist Pedro Antonio Maldonado, 20, of Houston, Texas, was killed on October 29, 2010, in Kandalay, Zhari District, Afghanistan.
Their Story
Pedro Antonio Maldonado was a 20-year-old soldier from Houston, Texas. He served as an infantryman with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
On October 29, 2010, Maldonado was killed by enemy small-arms fire during a dismounted patrol in the village of Kandalay, located in the volatile Zhari District of Kandahar province. The area was a known stronghold of Taliban insurgents and a focus of U.S. military operations at the time.
His death occurred during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001 following the September 11 attacks. The war's objective, as stated by the U.S. government, was to dismantle al-Qaeda and remove the Taliban regime from power.
Maldonado's death was reported by the Department of Defense on November 1, 2010. He was one of at least 1,430 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan in 2010, the deadliest year of the war for American forces.
He is memorialized on the Afghanistan War Memorial at the Texas Capitol and on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall of Faces website, which documents service members from that conflict. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 129 of the Afghanistan War Memorial at the National Infantry Museum.
Explore Further
Maldonado was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–2014). 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.
