Ramosvelazquez, Louie A

Louie A. Ramosvelazquez was a 39-year-old sergeant from Camuy, Puerto Rico. He served as a Pathfinder in Company F, 4th Battalion, 101st Aviation Regiment, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Pathfinders are specialized soldiers trained to establish and operate landing zones for air assault operations.

On May 26, 2011, Ramosvelazquez was killed in Spin Boldak, a district in Kandahar province near the border with Pakistan. According to the U.S. Department of Defense, his death was the result of a hostile incident. Official reports did not specify the exact nature of the attack, but the area was a known transit point and battleground for insurgent forces.

His death occurred during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. The mission's stated objectives included dismantling al-Qaeda and removing the Taliban from power. By 2011, the conflict was in its tenth year, with a significant focus on counterinsurgency operations in southern provinces like Kandahar.

The Department of Defense announced his death on May 28, 2011. He was one of at least 1,570 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan that year, according to independent tallies. His unit, the 101st Airborne Division's aviation brigade, had been deployed to Afghanistan since late 2010.

Sergeant Ramosvelazquez is memorialized on the Afghanistan War Memorial at Fort Campbell and on online veterans' memorials. His name is included on the roster of fallen service members from Puerto Rico, which lost a disproportionate number of soldiers in the post-9/11 wars.

Sgt. Louie A. Ramosvelazquez 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.

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