Branch of Service: United States Army
Date of Death: 22 April, 2011
Unit: 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Hometown: Hamilton, N.J.
1st Lt. Omar J. Vazquez, 25, of Hamilton, N.J. died of wounds suffered April 22, in Numaniyah, Iraq when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Vazquez was assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas.
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