Rodriguez, Rodolfo Ivan
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Verified Major Rodolfo Ivan Rodriguez, 34, of El Paso, Texas, served in the U.S. Air Force's 86th Construction and Training Squadron. He died in Islamabad, Pakistan, on September 20, 2008, during Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Major Rodolfo Ivan Rodriguez was a 34-year-old U.S. Air Force officer from El Paso, Texas. He was assigned to the 86th Construction and Training Squadron, based at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, a unit that deployed personnel in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
According to U.S. Department of Defense records, Rodriguez died on September 20, 2008, in Islamabad, Pakistan. The official casualty report listed the cause as 'hostile' action, but did not provide further operational details about the circumstances.
His death occurred during a period when Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign that began in October 2001, was active across multiple theaters. U.S. personnel were engaged in Afghanistan and conducted missions in other regions, including the Philippines and the Horn of Africa.
Major Rodriguez's name was entered into the Defense Casualty Analysis System on the day of his death. He is memorialized as one of the American service members who died during the conflict, which formally concluded in December 2014.
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Operation Enduring Freedom, the conflict during which Major Rodriguez died, was a U.S.-led military campaign that began in 2001 and concluded in 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.
