Rodriguez, Rodolfo Jr
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Verified Sgt. Rodolfo Rodriguez Jr., 26, of Pharr, Texas, was a U.S. Army infantryman serving with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, based at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. He died o
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Rodolfo Rodriguez Jr. was born and raised in Pharr, Texas, a city in the Rio Grande Valley. He joined the U.S. Army and became an infantryman, assigned to the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, out of Fort Wainwright, Alaska. His unit, Company A, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
On September 14, 2011, Rodriguez was operating in the Talukan area of Afghanistan's Ghazni province. According to U.S. Department of Defense casualty reports, he was killed during a hostile event. The specific tactical circumstances of the engagement were not detailed in initial public releases.
His death was recorded by the Defense Casualty Analysis System on the day it occurred. He was 26 years old at the time of his death. The 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, known as the 'Gimlets,' was engaged in counterinsurgency operations in eastern Afghanistan during that period.
Sgt. Rodriguez was one of 418 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan in 2011, a year that marked the peak of American troop presence in the conflict. Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan, began in October 2001 following the September 11 attacks and concluded in December 2014.
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Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan, concluded in December 2014 after over 13 years of conflict. 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.
