Remembering Them Forever (RTF)!

Ramirez, Joel Alvarez

Waxahachie, Texas, Ellis County, United States

Military Information:

US Army
PH: Purple Heart
Deceased
Afghanistan War
KIA
QR Code
GWT: Global War on Terrorism
Operation Enduring Freedom
SPC (Specialist)
1-Alpha List

Bio:

Killed in action in Minroz, Afghanistan.

First U.S. serviceman killed in the Global War on Terrorism to be transported outside the United States. The same plane that brought him home to Waxahachie took him to Tecomatlan, Mexico for burial.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178378123/joel-alvarez-ramirez

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Cemetery:

Tecomatlán, Mexico