Gambia

Gamboa, Joseph Duenas

Rank: Staff Sergeant

Unit: B Trp, 1st Squadron, 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment

Duty station: Vilseck, Germany

Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army NCO Professional Development Ribbon Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon (2)

Deployments: 2 in Iraq

Enlisted: 1999

Date of birth: 22-Jul-1973

Hometown: Yigo, Guam

Married: Michelle

Children: 5 children

Campaign: Iraq

Died: 25-Mar-2008

Age at death: 34

Cause of death: Killed in action – RPG

Location of fatality: Baghdad, Iraq

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Place of interment: Guam Memorial Park in Barrigada, Guam

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