Branch of Service: United States Army
Date of Death: 12 January, 2011
Unit: 7th Engineer Battalion
Hometown: El Paso, Texas
Sgt. Omar Aceves, 30, of El Paso, Texas, died Jan. 12, while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. He died in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Aceves was assigned to the 7th Engineer Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N.Y
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