Solorzano Valdovinos, Diego Alberto
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Verified Sgt. Diego Alberto Solorzano Valdovinos, 24, of Huntington Park, California, served with the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment. He died on October 29, 2010, at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from wounds sustai
Their Story
Sgt. Diego Alberto Solorzano Valdovinos was a 24-year-old infantryman assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. His unit was deployed to eastern Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign that began in October 2001.
According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Solorzano Valdovinos was wounded by hostile action in the Paktika Province of Afghanistan. The specific circumstances of the engagement that led to his injuries were not detailed in official casualty reports released at the time.
He was evacuated from Afghanistan for advanced medical care at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, a major treatment facility for wounded U.S. service members. He died of his wounds there on October 29, 2010.
His death was recorded among the more than 2,300 American military fatalities in Operation Enduring Freedom. The conflict, focused primarily on Afghanistan, concluded in December 2014, though U.S. military operations in the country continued under different mission names.
Solorzano Valdovinos was a native of Huntington Park, a city in Los Angeles County, California. Public records and memorial listings note his service with the 506th Infantry Regiment, a unit with a storied history dating to World War II.
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Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan, concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
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